1. Since the time I was young,enemies have often attacked!Let everyone in Israel say:
2. “Since the time I was young,enemies have often attacked!But they have not defeated me,
3. though my back is like a fieldthat has just been ploughed.”
4. The Lord always does right,and he has set me freefrom the ropesof those cruel people.
5. I pray that all who hatethe city of Zionwill be made ashamedand forced to turn and run.
6. May they be like grasson the flat roof of a house,grass that dries upas soon as it sprouts.
7. Don't let them be like wheatgathered in bundles.
8. And don't let anyonewho passes by say to them,“The Lord bless you!I give you my blessingin the name of the Lord.”