The text of the psalm
שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת רַבַּת צְרָרוּנִי מִנְּעוּרַי יֹאמַר־נָא יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
A Song of Ascents. 'Much have they afflicted me from my youth up', Let Israel now say;
רַבַּת צְרָרוּנִי מִנְּעוּרָי גַּם לֹא־יָכְלוּ לִֽי׃
'Much have they afflicted me from my youth up; But they have not prevailed against me.
עַל־גַּבִּי חָרְשׁוּ חֹרְשִׁים הֶאֱרִיכוּ לְמַעֲנִיתָֽם׃
The plowers plowed upon my back; They made long their furrows.
יְהוָה צַדִּיק קִצֵּץ עֲבוֹת רְשָׁעִֽים׃
The LORD is righteous; He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.'
יֵבֹשׁוּ וְיִסֹּגוּ אָחוֹר כֹּל שֹׂנְאֵי צִיּֽוֹן׃
Let them be ashamed and turned backward, All they that hate Zion.
יִהְיוּ כַּחֲצִיר גַּגּוֹת שֶׁקַּדְמַת שָׁלַף יָבֵֽשׁ׃
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, Which withereth afore it springeth up;
שֶׁלֹּא מִלֵּא כַפּוֹ קוֹצֵר וְחִצְנוֹ מְעַמֵּֽר׃
Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, Nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
וְלֹא אָמְרוּ הָעֹבְרִים בִּרְכַּת־יְהוָה אֲלֵיכֶם בֵּרַכְנוּ אֶתְכֶם בְּשֵׁם יְהוָֽה׃
Neither do they that go by say: ‘The blessing of the LORD be upon you; We bless you in the name of the LORD.'