Psalms 129:1-3

¹I say that my enemies have ◄afflicted/caused trouble for► me ever since I was young. Now I ask you, my fellow Israelis, to repeat those same words:

²“Our enemies have afflicted us since our nation began, but they have not defeated us!

³Our enemies struck us with whips that cut into our backs MET like a farmer uses a plow to cut deep furrows into the ground.”