Excellent Psalm!
1 I have often been oppressed since my youth; let Israel repeat it:
2 They have oppressed me many times since my youth, but they have never been able to overcome me.
3 They plowed my back and made long furrows.
4 The Lord is righteous! He freed me from the shackles of the wicked.
5 Let all who hate Zion turn back in shame.
6 Be like grass on the roof, which withers before it grows,
7 who does not fill the hands of the reaper or the arms of the one who makes the burdens.
8 And let no one passing by say, “Let the blessing of the Lord be upon you; we bless you in the name of the Lord!”