1 A Song{H7892} of degrees{H4609}. Many a time{H7227} have they afflicted{H6887}{(H8804)} me from my youth{H5271}, may Israel{H3478} now say{H559}{(H8799)}:

2 Many a time{H7227} have they afflicted{H6887}{(H8804)} me from my youth{H5271}: yet they have not prevailed{H3201}{(H8804)} against me.

3 The plowers{H2790}{(H8802)} plowed{H2790}{(H8804)} upon my back{H1354}: they made long{H748}{(H8689)} their furrows{H4618}{(H8675)}{H4618}.

4 The LORD{H3068} is righteous{H6662}: he hath cut asunder{H7112}{(H8765)} the cords{H5688} of the wicked{H7563}.

5 Let them all be confounded{H954}{(H8799)} and turned{H5472}{(H8735)} back{H268} that hate{H8130}{(H8802)} Zion{H6726}.

6 Let them be as the grass{H2682} upon the housetops{H1406}, which withereth{H3001}{(H8804)} afore{H6927} it groweth up{H8025}{(H8804)}:

7 Wherewith the mower{H7114}{(H8802)} filleth{H4390}{(H8765)} not his hand{H3709}; nor he that bindeth sheaves{H6014}{(H8764)} his bosom{H2683}.

8 Neither do they which go by{H5674}{(H8802)} say{H559}{(H8804)}, The blessing{H1293} of the LORD{H3068} be upon you: we bless{H1288}{(H8765)} you in the name{H8034} of the LORD{H3068}.