|
[1] MY oppressors have been many from my youth, may Israel now say;
[2] My oppressors have been many from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me.
[3] They have scourged me upon my back; they have made long their oppression.
[4] The LORD is righteous; he will cut asunder the cord of the wicked.
[5] Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
[6] Let them be as the grass upon the house tops, which pulls out and withers when the wind strikes it,
[7] Wherewith the reaper fills not his hand, nor he who binds sheaves his bosom.
[8] Neither do they who pass by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.
|