They come and declare His righteousness, To a people that is borne, that He hath made!

For because of Thee I have borne reproach, Shame hath covered my face.

So that a later generation doth know, Sons who are born, do rise and recount to their sons,

And He smiteth every first-born in Egypt, The first-fruit of the strong in tents of Ham.

Thou hast borne away the iniquity of Thy people, Thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.

I mention Rahab and Babel to those knowing Me, Lo, Philistia, and Tyre, with Cush! This one was born there.

And of Zion it is said: Each one was born in her, And He, the Most High, doth establish her.

Jehovah doth recount in the describing of the peoples, 'This one was born there.' Selah.

I am afflicted, and expiring from youth, I have borne Thy terrors -- I pine away.

I also first-born do appoint him, Highest of the kings of the earth.

Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Thy servants, I have borne in my bosom all the strivings of the peoples,

And He smiteth every first-born in their land, The first-fruit of all their strength,

Who smote the first-born of Egypt, From man unto beast.

To Him smiting Egypt in their first-born, For to the age is His kindness.