Contemporary English Version (A song for worship.)A Prayer for Protection1Since the time I was young, enemies have often attacked! Let everyone in Israel say: 2“Since the time I was young, enemies have often attacked! But they have not defeated me, 3though my back is like a field that has just been plowed.” 4The Lord always does right, and he has set me free from the ropes of those cruel people. 5I pray that all who hate the city of Zion will be made ashamed and forced to turn and run. 6May they be like grass on the flat roof of a house, grass that dries up as soon as it sprouts. 7Don't let them be like wheat gathered in bundles. 8And don't let anyone who passes by say to them, “The Lord bless you! I give you my blessing in the name of the Lord.” Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®) © 2006 American Bible Society. All rights reserved. Bible text from the Contemporary English Version 2nd Edition (CEV®) is not to be reproduced in copies or otherwise by any means except as permitted in writing by American Bible Society, 101 North Independence Mall East, Floor 8, Philadelphia, PA 19106-2155 (www.americanbible.org). Learn more at www.cev.bible. Discover .BIBLE resources for your ministry at www.get.bible/cev Bible Hub |