1 “From the time I was young, people have attacked me …”

(Israel should repeat this.)

2 “From the time I was young, people have attacked me,

but they have never overpowered me.

3 They have plowed my back ⌞like farmers plow fields⌟.

They made long slashes ⌞like furrows⌟.”

4 The Lord is righteous.

He has cut me loose

from the ropes that wicked people tied around me.

5 Put to shame all those who hate Zion.

Force them to retreat.

6 Make them be like grass on a roof,

like grass that dries up before it produces a stalk.

7 It will never fill the barns of those who harvest

or the arms of those who gather bundles.

8 Those who pass by will never say ⌞to them⌟,

“May you be blessed by the Lord”

or “We bless you in the name of the Lord.”