1 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:

1 ¶ Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up,
Let Israel now say;

2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.

2 ¶ Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up:
Yet they have not prevailed against me.

3 The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.

3 ¶ The plowers plowed upon my back;
They made long their furrows.

4 The Lord is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

4 ¶ The Lord is righteous:
He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

5 ¶ Let them be ashamed and turned backward,
All they that hate Zion.

6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:

6 ¶ Let them be as the grass upon the housetops,
Which withereth afore it groweth up:

7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

7 ¶ Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand,
Nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

8 Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we bless you in the name of the Lord.

8 ¶ Neither do they which go by say,
The blessing of the Lord be upon you;
We bless you in the name of the Lord.