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Psalms 129:1
1“They have greatly oppressed me from my youth,” let Israel 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:
- 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—
- New Living Translation (NLT)From my earliest youth my enemies have persecuted me. Let all Israel repeat this:
Context of Psalms 129:1
“They have greatly oppressed me from my youth,” let Israel say; 2“they have greatly oppressed me from my youth, but they have not gained the victory over me. 3Plowmen have plowed my back and made their furrows long.
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רַ֭בַּת צְרָר֣וּנִי מִנְּעוּרַ֑י יֹֽאמַר־נָ֝א יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 129:1
- Ezra 4:1When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple for the Lord, the God of Israel,
- Psalms 120:1I call on the Lord in my distress, and he answers me.
- Psalms 121:1I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from?
- Psalms 122:1I rejoiced with those who said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord.”
- Psalms 123:1I lift up my eyes to you, to you who sit enthroned in heaven.
- Psalms 124:1If the Lord had not been on our side— let Israel say—
- Psalms 125:1Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be shaken but endures forever.
- Psalms 126:1When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dreamed.
- Psalms 127:1Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain.
- Psalms 128:1Blessed are all who fear the Lord, who walk in obedience to him.
- Exodus 1:12But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites
- Exodus 5:7“You are no longer to supply the people with straw for making bricks; let them go and gather their own straw.
- Judges 2:15Whenever Israel went out to fight, the hand of the Lord was against them to defeat them, just as he had sworn to them. They were in great distress.
- Judges 10:8who that year shattered and crushed them. For eighteen years they oppressed all the Israelites on the east side of the Jordan in Gilead, the land of the Amorites.
- 1 Samuel 13:19Not a blacksmith could be found in the whole land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “Otherwise the Hebrews will make swords or spears!”
- Lamentations 1:3After affliction and harsh labor, Judah has gone into exile. She dwells among the nations; she finds no resting place. All who pursue her 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
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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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