Psalm

—Let Israel now say—

 2 “Since my youth they have constantly attacked me;+

But they have not defeated me.+

 3 Plowmen have plowed across my back;+

They have made their furrows long.”

 4 But Jehovah is righteous;+

He has cut up the ropes of the wicked.+

 5 They will be put to shame and will retreat in disgrace,

All those who hate Zion.+

 6 They will become like grass on the rooftops

That withers before it is pulled up,

 7 That cannot fill the reaper’s hand

Nor the arms of the one gathering sheaves.

“May the blessing of Jehovah be upon you;

We bless you in the name of Jehovah.”