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".