| 1 | Often have they fought against me from my youth, let Israel now say. |
| 2 | Often have they fought against me from my youth: but they could not prevail over me. |
| 3 | The wicked have wrought upon my back: they have lengthened their iniquity. |
| 4 | The Lord who is just will cut the necks of sinners: |
| 5 | Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Sion. |
| 6 | Let them be as grass on the tops of houses: which withered before it be plucked up: |
| 7 | Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand: nor he that gathereth sheaves his bosom. |
| 8 | And they that have passed by have not said: The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we have blessed you in the name of the Lord. |
