1. Often have they fought against me from my youth, let Israel now say.

2. Often have they fought against me from my youth: but they could not prevail over me.

3. The wicked have wrought upon my back: they have lengthened their iniquity.

4. The Lord who is just will cut the necks of sinners:

5. let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Sion.

6. Let them be as grass on the tops of houses: which withered before it be plucked up:

7. Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand: nor he that gathereth sheaves his bosom.

8. And they that have passed by have not said: The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we have blessed you in the name of the Lord.





“Menosprezai vossas tentações e não vos demoreis nelas. Imaginai estar na presença de Jesus. O crucificado se lança em vossos braços e mora no vosso coração. Beijai-Lhe a chaga do lado, dizendo: ‘Aqui está minha esperança; a fonte viva da minha felicidade. Seguro-vos, ó Jesus, e não me aparto de vós, até que me tenhais posto a salvo’”. São Padre Pio de Pietrelcina