1. A Song of Ascents. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up, let Israel now say;
2. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up: yet they have not prevailed against me.
3. The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.
4. The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
5. Let them be ashamed and turned backward, all they that hate Zion.