1 A Song of Ascents. Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth up, Let Israel now say,

2 Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth up: Yet they have not prevailed against me.

3 The plowers plowed on my back; They made long their furrows.

4 Yahweh is righteous: He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

5 Let them be put to shame and turned backward, All those who hate Zion.

6 Let them be as the grass on the housetops, Which withers before it grows up;

7 With which the reaper does not fill his hand, Nor he who binds sheaves his bosom.

8 Neither do those who go by say, The blessing of Yahweh be on you{+} We bless you{+} in the name of Yahweh.