<vn='1'>A <sn="7892">Song</s> of <sn="4609">degrees</s>. Many a <sn="7227">time</s> have they <sn="6887">afflicted</s> me from my <sn="4480 5271">youth</s>, may <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="4994">now</s><sn="559">say</s>: </v>
<vn='2'>Many a <sn="7227">time</s> have they <sn="6887">afflicted</s> me from my <sn="4480 5271">youth</s>: <sn="1571">yet</s> they have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3201">prevailed</s> against me. </v>
<vn='3'>The <sn="2790">plowers</s><sn="2790">plowed</s><sn="5921">upon</s> my <sn="1354">back</s>: they made <sn="748">long</s> their <sn="4618">furrows</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>The <sn="3068">LORD</s> is <sn="6662">righteous</s>: he hath cut <sn="7112">asunder</s> the <sn="5688">cords</s> of the <sn="7563">wicked</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>Let them <sn="3605">all</s> be <sn="954">confounded</s> and <sn="5472">turned</s><sn="268">back</s> that <sn="8130">hate</s><sn="6726">Zion</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>Let them <sn="1961">be</s> as the <sn="2682">grass</s> upon the <sn="1406">housetops</s>, which <sn="3001">withereth</s><sn="7945 6927">before</s> it groweth <sn="8025">up</s>: </v>
<vn='7'>Wherewith the <sn="7114">mower</s><sn="4390">filleth</s><sn="7945 3808">not</s> his <sn="3709">hand</s>; nor he that <sn="6014">bindeth</s> sheaves his <sn="2683">bosom</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="3808">Neither</s> do they which go <sn="5674">by</s><sn="559">say</s>, The <sn="1293">blessing</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> be <sn="413">upon</s> you: we <sn="1288">bless</s> you in the <sn="8034">name</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>