1Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say,

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Psalms 124:1, Psalms 124:1, Jeremiah 2:2, Hosea 11:1, Jeremiah 2:2

2many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.

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Psalms 34:19, Revelation 12:8, Revelation 12:9, Matthew 16:18, 2 Corinthians 4:8

3The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long.

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Isaiah 51:23, Isaiah 51:23, Psalms 141:7, Psalms 141:7

4The Lord is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

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Psalms 119:137, Psalms 119:137, Lamentations 3:22, Lamentations 3:22, Ezra 9:15

5Let them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who hate Zion.

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Isaiah 37:35, Psalms 71:13, Isaiah 37:35, Psalms 71:13, Psalms 83:4

6Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up;

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Psalms 37:2, Psalms 37:2, Psalms 92:7, 2 Kings 19:26, Isaiah 37:27

7with which the reaper doesn't fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.

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Galatians 6:8, Isaiah 17:10, Isaiah 17:11, Galatians 6:8, Isaiah 17:10

8Neither do those who go by say, "The blessing of the Lord be on you. We bless you in the name of the Lord."

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Psalms 118:26, Ruth 2:4, Psalms 118:26, Ruth 2:4