[1]MY oppressors have been many from my youth, may Israel now say;[2]My oppressors have been many from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me.[3]They have scourged me upon my back; they have made long their oppression.[4]The LORD is righteous; he will cut asunder the cord of the wicked.[5]Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.[6]Let them be as the grass upon the house tops, which pulls out and withers when the wind strikes it,[7]Wherewith the reaper fills not his hand, nor he who binds sheaves his bosom.[8]Neither do they who pass by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.