Many a time have they fought against me from my youth up  *

may Israel now say.

Yea, many a time have they vexed me from my youth up *

but they have not prevailed against me.

The plowers plowed upon my back *

and made long furrows.

But the righteous Lord *

hath hewn the snares of the ungodly in pieces.

Let them be confounded and turned backward *

as many as have evil will at Sion.

Let them be even as the grass growing upon the house-tops *

which withereth afore it be plucked up;

Whereof the mower filleth not his hand *

neither he that bindeth up the sheaves his bosom.

So that they who go by say not so much as, The Lord prosper you *

we wish you good luck in the Name of the Lord.

Out of the deep have I called unto thee, O Lord  *

Lord, hear my voice.

O let thine ears consider well *

the voice of my complaint.

If thou, Lord, wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss *

O Lord, who may abide it?

For there is mercy with thee *

therefore shalt thou be feared.

I look for the Lord; my soul doth wait for him *

in his word is my trust.

My soul fleeth unto the Lord *

before the morning watch, I say, before the morning watch.

O Israel, trust in the Lord, for with the Lord there is mercy *

and with him is plenteous redemption.

And he shall redeem Israel *

from all his sins.

Lord, I am not high-minded  *

I have no proud looks.

I do not exercise myself in great matters *

which are too high for me.

But I refrain my soul, and keep it low, like as a child that is weaned from his mother *

yea, my soul is even as a weaned child.

O Israel, trust in the Lord *

from this time forth for evermore.