[A Song of degrees.] Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
3 The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
4 The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
8 Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.
1[Aforo Dwom.] Mpɛn pii na wɔahaw me firi me mmerantebrɛ mu, ma Israel nka seesei:Under pastoral review
2Mpɛn pii na wɔahaw me firi me mmerantebrɛ mu: nanso wɔanni me so nkonim.Under pastoral review
3Afuntumfoɔ funtum m'akyi: wɔyɛɛ wɔn nkɔmoa atenten.Under pastoral review
4AWURADE tene: watwitwa amumuyɛfoɔ nhoma mu.Under pastoral review
5Ma wɔn a wɔtan Sion nyinaa anim nguase na wɔnsane wɔn akyi.Under pastoral review
6Ma wɔnyɛ sɛ ɛserɛ a ɛwɔ adan atifi, a ɛwu ansa na anyini:Under pastoral review
7Deɛ otwafoɔ mfa nhyɛ ne nsam ma; na deɛ ɔkyekyere afiafi nso mfa nhyɛ ne kokom ma.Under pastoral review
8Na wɔn a wɔtwam nso nka sɛ, AWURADE nhyira mmra mo so: yɛhyira mo wɔ AWURADE din mu.Under pastoral review