"Time and again they greatly did oppress me
From my youth up," let Israel declare
"Time and again they greatly did oppress me
From my youth up, yet they did not prevail"
Upon my back, like plowmen plowing furrows
So did they make their gouges deep and long
Yet is Jehovah righteous in His dealings
The ropes of lawless men He cuts apart
Let them be shamed and fall back in confusion
All those who bear for Zion bitter hate
Let them become like grass upon the housetops
Which withers up before it can be pulled