^{1 Ref} Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up, Let Israel now say,

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

^{3 Ref} The plowers plowed upon my back; They made long their furrows.

^{4 Ref} Jehovah is righteous: He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

^{5 Ref} Let them be put to shame and turned backward, All they that hate Zion.

^{6 Ref} Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, Which withereth before it groweth up;

^{7 Ref} Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, Nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

^{8 Ref} Neither do they that go by say, The blessing of Jehovah be upon you; We bless you in the name of Jehovah. Psalm 130 A Song of Ascents.