| English Standard Version | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1“Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth”— let Israel now say— | 1Since my youth they have often attacked me--let Israel say-- |
| 2“Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me. | 2Since my youth they have often attacked me, but they have not prevailed against me. |
| 3The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.” | 3Plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long. |
| 4The LORD is righteous; he has cut the cords of the wicked. | 4The LORD is righteous; he has cut the ropes of the wicked. |
| 5May all who hate Zion be put to shame and turned backward! | 5Let all who hate Zion be driven back in disgrace. |
| 6Let them be like the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up, | 6Let them be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it grows up |
| 7with which the reaper does not fill his hand nor the binder of sheaves his arms, | 7and can't even fill the hands of the reaper or the arms of the one who binds sheaves. |
| 8nor do those who pass by say, “The blessing of the LORD be upon you! We bless you in the name of the LORD!” | 8Then none who pass by will say, "May the LORD's blessing be on you. We bless you in the name of the LORD." |
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