" 1Many times
they have 2 apersecuted
me from my byouth
up," cLet Israel
now
say
,
" 1Many times
they have 2persecuted
me from my youth
up; Yet
they have anot prevailed
against me.
"The plowers plowed
upon my back
; They lengthened
their furrows
."
The LORD ais righteous
; He has cut
in two
the bcords
of the wicked
.
May all who ahate
Zion
Be bput
to shame
and turned
backward
;
Let them be like agrass upon the housetops
, Which
withers
before
it 1grows
up;
With which the reaper
does not fill
his 1hand
, Or the binder
of sheaves
his abosom
;
Nor do those who pass
by say
, "The ablessing
of the LORD
be upon you; We bless
you in the name
of the LORD
."