| King James Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1A Song of degrees. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: | 1"Since my youth they have often persecuted me," let Israel repeat it, |
| 2Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me. | 2"Since my youth they have often persecuted me, yet they haven't defeated me. |
| 3The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows. | 3Wicked people ploughed over my back, creating long-lasting wounds." |
| 4The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked. | 4The LORD is righteous— he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked. |
| 5Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion. | 5Let all who hate Zion be turned away and be ashamed. |
| 6Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up: | 6May they become like a tuft of grass on a roof top, that withers before it takes root— |
| 7Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom. | 7not enough to fill one's hand or to bundle in one's arms. |
| 8Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD. | 8And may those who pass by never tell them, "May the LORD's blessing be upon you. We bless you in the name of the LORD." |
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