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Many a time, have they harassed me from my youth, well may Israel say:
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Many a time, have they harassed me from youth, yet have they not prevailed against me.
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Upon my back, have ploughmen ploughed, They have lengthened their furrow!
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Yahweh, is righteous, He hath cut asunder the cords of the lawless.
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Let all who hate Zion, be ashamed and shrink back:
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Let them become like the grass of housetops, which, before it is pulled up, hath withered;
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Wherewith no reaper, hath filled his hand, nor binder, his bosom:
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Neither have the passers-by ever said, The blessing of Yahweh, be unto you,—We have blessed you in the Name of Yahweh.