Amplified Bible
Psalms 129:1
1“Many times they have persecuted me (Israel) from my youth,” Let Israel now say,
Psalms 129:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
- New International Version (NIV)“They have greatly oppressed me from my youth,” let Israel say;
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth"— let Israel now say—
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth,” Let Israel now say—
Context of Psalms 129:1
“Many times they have persecuted me (Israel) from my youth,” Let Israel now say, 2“Many times they have persecuted me from my youth, Yet they have not prevailed against me. 3The [enemies, like] plowers plowed on my back; They made their furrows [of suffering] long [in Israel].”
Read all of Psalms 129Psalms 129:1 word by word
רַ֭בַּת צְרָר֣וּנִי מִנְּעוּרַ֑י יֹֽאמַר־נָ֝א יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 129:1
- Ezra 4:1Now when [the Samaritans] the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles from the captivity were building a temple to the Lord God of Israel,
- Psalms 120:1In my trouble I cried to the Lord, And He answered me.
- Psalms 121:1I will lift up my eyes to the hills [of Jerusalem]— From where shall my help come?
- Psalms 122:1I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord.”
- Psalms 123:1Unto you I lift up my eyes, O You who are enthroned in the heavens!
- Psalms 124:1“If it had not been the Lord who was on our side,” Let Israel now say,
- Psalms 125:1Those who trust in and rely on the Lord [with confident expectation] Are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but remains forever.
- Psalms 126:1When the Lord brought back the captives to Zion (Jerusalem), We were like those who dream [it seemed so unreal].
- Psalms 127:1Unless the Lord builds the house, They labor in vain who build it; Unless the Lord guards the city, The watchman keeps awake in vain.
- Psalms 128:1Blessed [happy and sheltered by God’s favor] is everyone who fears the Lord [and worships Him with obedience], Who walks in His ways and lives according to His commandments.
- Exodus 1:12But the more the Egyptians oppressed them, the more they multiplied and expanded, so that the Egyptians dreaded and were exasperated by the Israelites.
- Exodus 5:7“You will no longer give the people straw to make brick as before; let them go and gather straw for themselves.
- Judges 2:15Wherever they went, the hand of the Lord was against them for evil (misfortune), as the Lord had spoken, and as the Lord had sworn to them, so that they were severely distressed.
- Judges 10:8and they oppressed and crushed Israel that year. For eighteen years they oppressed all the Israelites who were beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.
- 1 Samuel 13:19Now no blacksmith (metal-worker) could be found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, “Otherwise the Hebrews will make swords or spears.”
- Lamentations 1:3Judah has gone into exile under affliction And under harsh servitude; She dwells among the [pagan] nations, But she has found no rest; All her pursuers have overtaken her In the midst of [her] distress.
Commentaries on Psalms 129:1
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Many a time - Margin, as in Hebrew, “much.” Probably, however, the idea is, as expressed in our translation, “many a time;” “often.” So it is in the Latin Vulgate and the Septuagint; and this accords better with the connection. Have they afflicted me from my youth - Have I been afflicted; have others dealt unjustly by me. The youth here is the beginning. of the history of that people: since we began to be a people; since the nation was founded. May Israel…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Thankfulness for former deliverances. (1-4) A believing prospect of the destruction of the enemies of Zion. (5-8) Verses 1-4 The enemies of God's people have very barbarously endeavoured to wear out the saints of the Most High. But the church has been always graciously delivered. Christ has built his church upon a rock. And the Lord has many ways of disabling wicked men from doing the mischief they design against his church. The Lord is righteous in not…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-2Israel’s earliest years as a nation took place while the people were living in Egypt.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-81-2. may Israel now say--or, "oh! let Israel say" (Psa 124:1). Israel's youth was the sojourn in Egypt (Jr 2:2; Ho 2:15).Read the comment
Topics related to Psalms 129:1
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Psalms 129
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
Amplified Bible — © 2015 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, CA 90631
Commentaries