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1THEY have severely afflicted me from my youth—
let Israel say,
2 “They have severely afflicted me from my youth,
yet they have not prevailed against me.
3 The ploughmen have ploughed over my back;
they made their furrows long.
4 But the Lord is righteous;
He has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.”
5 Let all who hate Zion
be put to shame and turned back.
6 Let them be like the grass on the rooftops,
which withers before it grows up,
7 with it the reaper does not fill his hands,
nor the arms of those who bind sheaves.
8 Then none who pass by will say,
“The blessing of the Lord be upon you;
we bless you in the name of the Lord.”