1Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up , Let Israel now say , 2Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up : Yet they have not prevailed against me . 3The plowers plowed upon my back ; They made long their furrows . 4Jehovah is righteous : He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked .
The Resilience of God's People
5Let them be put to shame and turned backward, All they that hate Zion . 6Let them be as the grass upon the housetops , Which withereth before it groweth up ; 7Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand , Nor he that bindeth sheaves , his bosom : 8Neither do they that go by say, The blessing of Jehovah be upon you ; We bless you in the name of Jehovah .