Christian Standard Bible | NET Bible |
1Since my youth they have often attacked me--let Israel say-- | 1A song of ascents. "Since my youth they have often attacked me," let Israel say. |
2Since my youth they have often attacked me, but they have not prevailed against me. | 2"Since my youth they have often attacked me, but they have not defeated me. |
3Plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long. | 3The plowers plowed my back; they made their furrows long. |
4The LORD is righteous; he has cut the ropes of the wicked. | 4The LORD is just; he cut the ropes of the wicked." |
5Let all who hate Zion be driven back in disgrace. | 5May all who hate Zion be humiliated and turned back! |
6Let them be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it grows up | 6May they be like the grass on the rooftops which withers before one can even pull it up, |
7and can't even fill the hands of the reaper or the arms of the one who binds sheaves. | 7which cannot fill the reaper's hand, or the lap of the one who gathers the grain! |
8Then none who pass by will say, "May the LORD's blessing be on you. We bless you in the name of the LORD." | 8Those who pass by will not say, "May you experience the LORD's blessing! We pronounce a blessing on you in the name of the LORD." |
|
   
|