^{1 Ref} <A Song of the going up.> Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young (let Israel now say);

^{2 Ref} Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young, but my troubles have not overcome me.

^{3 Ref} The ploughmen were ploughing on my back; long were the wounds they made.

^{4 Ref} The Lord is true: the cords of the evil-doers are broken in two.

^{5 Ref} Let all the haters of Zion be shamed and turned back.

^{6 Ref} Let them be like the grass on the house-tops, which is dry before it comes to full growth.

^{7 Ref} He who gets in the grain has no use for it; and they do not make bands of it for the grain-stems.

^{8 Ref} And those who go by do not say, The blessing of the Lord be on you; we give you blessing in the name of the Lord.

^{1 Ref} A Song of the Ascents. Often they distressed me from my youth, Pray, let Israel say:

^{2 Ref} Often they distressed me from my youth, Yet they have not prevailed over me.

^{3 Ref} Over my back have ploughers ploughed, They have made long their furrows.

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

^{5 Ref} Confounded and turn backward do all hating Zion.

^{6 Ref} They are as grass of the roofs, That before it was drawn out withereth,

^{7 Ref} That hath not filled the hand of a reaper, And the bosom of a binder of sheaves.

^{8 Ref} And the passers by have not said, `The blessing of Jehovah `is' on you, We blessed you in the Name of Jehovah!'

^{1 Ref} > Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say,

^{2 Ref} Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, Yet they have not prevailed against me.

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

^{4 Ref} Yahweh is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

^{5 Ref} Let them be disappointed and turned backward, All those who hate Zion.

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

^{7 Ref} With which the reaper doesn't fill his hand, Nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.

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