| Christian Standard Bible | King James Bible |
| 1Since my youth they have often attacked me--let Israel say-- | 1A Song of degrees. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: |
| 2Since my youth they have often attacked me, but they have not prevailed against me. | 2Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me. |
| 3Plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long. | 3The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows. |
| 4The LORD is righteous; he has cut the ropes of the wicked. | 4The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked. |
| 5Let all who hate Zion be driven back in disgrace. | 5Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion. |
| 6Let them be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it grows up | 6Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up: |
| 7and can't even fill the hands of the reaper or the arms of the one who binds sheaves. | 7Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom. |
| 8Then none who pass by will say, "May the LORD's blessing be on you. We bless you in the name of the LORD." | 8Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD. |
| The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. | King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com. |
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