1. Many a time have they afflicted me from my ne'ur, may Yisroel now say;
2. Many a time have they afflicted me from my ne'ur (youth); yet they have not prevailed against me.
3. The choreshim (plowers) plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.
4. Hashem is tzaddik; He hath cut asunder the cords of the resha'im.