English Standard Version
Psalms 129:1
1"Greatly have they afflicted me 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;
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth,” Let Israel now say—
- New Living Translation (NLT)From my earliest youth my enemies have persecuted me. Let all Israel repeat this:
Context of Psalms 129:1
"Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth"— let Israel now say— 2"Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me. 3The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows."
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 adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the returned exiles were building a temple to the Lord, the God of Israel,
- Psalms 120:1In my distress I called to the Lord, and he answered me.
- Psalms 121:1I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?
- Psalms 122:1I was glad when they said to me, "Let us go to the house of the Lord!"
- Psalms 123:1To you I lift up my eyes, O you who are enthroned in the heavens!
- Psalms 124:1If it had not been the Lord who was on our side— let Israel now say—
- Psalms 125:1Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever.
- Psalms 126:1When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream.
- Psalms 127:1Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.
- Psalms 128:1Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways!
- Exodus 1:12But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And the Egyptians were in dread of the people of Israel.
- Exodus 5:7"You shall no longer give the people straw to make bricks, as in the past; let them go and gather straw for themselves.
- Judges 2:15Whenever they marched out, the hand of the Lord was against them for harm, as the Lord had warned, and as the Lord had sworn to them. And they were in terrible distress.
- Judges 10:8and they crushed and oppressed the people of Israel that year. For eighteen years they oppressed all the people of Israel who were beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.
- 1 Samuel 13:19Now there was no blacksmith to be found throughout all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, "Lest the Hebrews make themselves swords or spears."
- Lamentations 1:3Judah has gone into exile because of affliction and hard servitude; she dwells now among the nations, but finds no resting place; her pursuers have all 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
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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
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