1 A song for going up to worship. "From the time I was young, people have attacked me..." (Israel should repeat this.) 2 "From the time I was young, people have attacked me, but they have never overpowered me. 3 They have plowed my back like farmers plow fields. They made long slashes like furrows." 4 The LORD is righteous. He has cut me loose from the ropes that wicked people tied around me. 5 Put to shame all those who hate Zion. Force them to retreat. 6 Make them be like grass on a roof, like grass that dries up before it produces a stalk. 7 It will never fill the barns of those who harvest or the arms of those who gather bundles. 8 Those who pass by will never say to them, "May you be blessed by the LORD" or "We bless you in the name of the LORD." GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of God's Word to the Nations. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. All rights reserved. | |