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1. They have treated me badly all my life. (Let Israel repeat this.)
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1. A Song H7892 of degrees H4609 . Many a time H7227 have they afflicted H6887 me from my youth H4480 H5271 , may Israel H3478 now H4994 say H559 :
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2. They have treated me badly all my life, but they have not defeated me.
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2. Many a time H7227 have they afflicted H6887 me from my youth H4480 H5271 : yet H1571 they have not H3808 prevailed H3201 against me.
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3. Like farmers plowing, they plowed over my back, making long wounds.
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3. The plowers H2790 plowed H2790 upon H5921 my back H1354 : they made long H748 their furrows H4618 .
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4. But the Lord does what is right; he has set me free from those wicked people.
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4. The LORD H3068 is righteous H6662 : he hath cut asunder H7112 the cords H5688 of the wicked H7563 .
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5. Let those who hate Jerusalem be turned back in shame.
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5. Let them all H3605 be confounded H954 and turned H5472 back H268 that hate H8130 Zion H6726 .
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6. Let them be like the grass on the roof that dries up before it has grown.
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6. Let them be H1961 as the grass H2682 upon the housetops H1406 , which withereth H3001 before H7945 H6927 it groweth up H8025 :
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7. There is not enough of it to fill a hand or to make into a bundle to fill one's arms.
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7. Wherewith the mower H7114 filleth H4390 not H7945 H3808 his hand H3709 ; nor he that bindeth H6014 sheaves his bosom H2683 .
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8. Let those who pass by them not say, "May the Lord bless you. We bless you by the power of the Lord." A song for going up to worship.
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8. Neither H3808 do they which go by H5674 say H559 , The blessing H1293 of the LORD H3068 be upon H413 you : we bless H1288 you in the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 .
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