1 They have greatly oppressed me from my youth- let Israel say-2 they have greatly oppressed me from my youth, but they have not gained the victory over me.3 Plowmen have plowed my back and made their furrows long.4 But the LORD is righteous; he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.5 May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.6 May they be like grass on the roof, which withers before it can grow;7 with it the reaper cannot fill his hands, nor the one who gathers fill his arms.8 May those who pass by not say, "The blessing of the LORD be upon you; we bless you in the name of the LORD."

1 Canticum graduum. [De profundis clamavi ad te, Domine ;2 Domine, exaudi vocem meam.Fiant aures tu intendentes in vocem deprecationis me.3 Si iniquitates observaveris, Domine,Domine, quis sustinebit ?4 Quia apud te propitiatio est ;et propter legem tuam sustinui te, Domine.Sustinuit anima mea in verbo ejus :5 speravit anima mea in Domino.6 A custodia matutina usque ad noctem,speret Isral in Domino.7 Quia apud Dominum misericordia,et copiosa apud eum redemptio.8 Et ipse redimet Isralex omnibus iniquitatibus ejus.]