¹A Song of Ascents. Many times they have afflicted me from my youth, let Israel now say; ²they have afflicted me from my youth many times, yet they have not prevailed over me. ³The plowers plowed on my back; they made their furrows long. ⁴Jehovah is righteous; He severs the cords of the wicked. ⁵Let them be ashamed and turned back, all those who hate Zion; ⁶let them be like the grass on the rooftops, which dries up before it draws out; ⁷with which the reaper does not fill his palm, nor the binder of sheaves his bosom. ⁸And those who pass by have never said, The blessing of Jehovah be on you; we bless you in the name of Jehovah.