1. ‘They have greatly oppressed me from my youth,’let Israel say;
2. ‘they have greatly oppressed me from my youth,but they have not gained the victory over me.
3. Ploughmen have ploughed my backand made their furrows long.
4. But the Lord is righteous;he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked.’
5. May all who hate Zionbe turned back in shame.
6. May they be like grass on the roof,which withers before it can grow;
7. a reaper cannot fill his hands with it,nor one who gathers fill his arms.