1. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
2. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth; 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 has cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
5. All those that hate Zion shall all be confounded and turned back.