1‘They have greatly oppressed me from my youth,’ let Israel say;2‘they have greatly oppressed me from my youth, but they have not gained the victory over me.3Ploughmen have ploughed my back and made their furrows long.4But the Lord is righteous; he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.’5May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.6May they be like grass on the roof, which withers before it can grow;7a reaper cannot fill his hands with it, nor one who gathers fill his arms.8May those who pass by not say to them, ‘The blessing of the Lord be on you; we bless you in the name of the Lord.’
1A Song of Ascents. “Greatly[1] have they afflicted me from my youth”— let Israel now say— (Ex 1:14; Jud 3:8; Jud 3:14; Jud 4:3; Jud 6:2; Jud 10:8; Ps 120:1; Ps 124:1; Isa 47:12; Jer 2:2; Jer 22:21; Ho 2:15)2“Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me. (Ps 129:1; 2Co 4:8)3The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.” (Isa 50:6; Isa 51:23; Mic 3:12)4The Lord is righteous; he has cut the cords of the wicked. (Ps 2:3)5May all who hate Zion be put to shame and turned backward! (Ps 35:4)6Let them be like the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up, (2Ki 19:26; Job 8:12; Ps 37:2; Isa 37:27)7with which the reaper does not fill his hand nor the binder of sheaves his arms,8nor do those who pass by say, “The blessing of the Lord be upon you! We bless you in the name of the Lord!” (Ru 2:4; Ps 118:26)