1 [A Song of degrees.] Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth-oh let Israel say-

2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth; yet they have not prevailed against me.

3 The ploughers ploughed 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 ashamed and turned backward, all that hate Zion;

6 Let them be as the grass upon the house-tops, which withereth before it is plucked up,

7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom;

8 Neither do the passers-by say, The blessing of Jehovah be upon you; we bless you in the name of Jehovah!

1 愿以色列说: "从我幼年以来, 敌人就多次苦害我。(本节在《马索拉抄本》包括细字标题)

2 从我幼年以来, 敌人虽然多次苦害我, 却没有胜过我。

3 他们好像犁田的人犁在我的背上, 所犁的沟甚长。

4 但耶和华是公义的, 他砍断了恶人的绳索。"

5 愿所有恨恶锡安的, 都蒙羞退后。

6 愿他们像屋顶上的草, 尚未长大, 就枯干了;

7 收割的不够一把, 捆禾的不够满怀。

8 过路的人也不说: "愿耶和华所赐的福临到你们; 我们奉耶和华的名祝福你们。"