| New King James Version | King James Bible |
| 1A Song of Ascents. “Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth,” Let Israel now say— | 1A Song of degrees. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: |
| 2“Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth; Yet they have not prevailed against me. | 2Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me. |
| 3The plowers plowed on my back; They made their furrows long.” | 3The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows. |
| 4The LORD is righteous; He has cut in pieces the cords of the wicked. | 4The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked. |
| 5Let all those who hate Zion Be put to shame and turned back. | 5Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion. |
| 6Let them be as the grass on the housetops, Which withers before it grows up, | 6Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up: |
| 7With which the reaper does not fill his hand, Nor he who binds sheaves, his arms. | 7Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom. |
| 8Neither let those who pass by them say, “The blessing of the LORD be upon you; We bless you in the name of the LORD!” | 8Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD. |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com. |
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