1 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up,

Let Israel now say,

2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up:

Yet they have not prevailed against me.

3 The plowers plowed upon my back;

They made long their furrows.

4 Jehovah is righteous:

He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

5 Let them be put to shame and turned backward,

All they that hate Zion.

6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops,

Which withereth before it groweth up;

7 Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand,

Nor he that bindeth sheaves, his bosom:

8 Neither do they that go by say,

The blessing of Jehovah be upon you;

We bless you in the name of Jehovah.

1 Jie vargino mane nuo pat jaunystės,­tesako Izraelis,­2 jie vargino mane nuo pat jaunystės, tačiau nenugalėjo.3 Artojai ant mano nugaros arė, išvarydami ilgas vagas.4 Bet teisusis Viešpats nedorėlių pančius sutraukė.5 Tesusigėsta ir pasitraukia visi, kurie nekenčia Siono.6 Tebūna jie kaip stogo žolė, kuri, dar neužaugusi, nuvysta;7 nesusirenka iš jos net sauja pjovėjui nei mažiausias pėdas rišėjui.8 Praeiviai, eidami pro šalį, nesako jiems: "Tepalaimina tave Viešpats. Mes laiminame tave Viešpaties vardu".