1<b>A Song of Ascents.</b> Many times they have attacked me since I was young. Let Israel now say,
2many times they have attacked me since I was young, yet they have not defeated me.
3The plowmen plowed on my back, making their furrows long.
4Yahweh is fair and just. He has broken the power of the wicked.
5May all who hate Zion be ashamed and forced to turn back.
6May they be like grass growing on a roof, which dries up before it can fully grow;
7grass that no reaper gathers in his hand, nor anyone gathering sheaves picks up in his arms.
8And may no one passing by say, “May Yahweh bless you. We bless you in Yahweh’s name.”