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"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.
3
Plowmen have plowed my back
and made their furrows long.
4
But the Lord is righteous;
he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked."
5
May all who hate Zion
be turned back in shame.
6
May they be like grass on the roof,
which withers before it can grow;
7
a reaper cannot fill his hands with it,
nor one who gathers fill his arms.
8
May 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."