| New International Version | English Standard Version |
| 1A song of ascents. "They have greatly oppressed me from my youth," let Israel say; | 1“Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth”— let Israel now say— |
| 2"they have greatly oppressed me from my youth, but they have not gained the victory over me. | 2“Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me. |
| 3Plowmen have plowed my back and made their furrows long. | 3The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.” |
| 4But the LORD is righteous; he has cut me free from the cords of the wicked." | 4The LORD is righteous; he has cut the cords of the wicked. |
| 5May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame. | 5May all who hate Zion be put to shame and turned backward! |
| 6May they be like grass on the roof, which withers before it can grow; | 6Let them be like the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up, |
| 7a reaper cannot fill his hands with it, nor one who gathers fill his arms. | 7with which the reaper does not fill his hand nor the binder of sheaves his arms, |
| 8May those who pass by not say to them, "The blessing of the LORD be on you; we bless you in the name of the LORD." | 8nor do those who pass by say, “The blessing of the LORD be upon you! We bless you in the name of the LORD!” |
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