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Psalms 129:1
1From my earliest youth my enemies have persecuted me. Let all Israel repeat this:
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
From my earliest youth my enemies have persecuted me. Let all Israel repeat this: 2From my earliest youth my enemies have persecuted me, but they have never defeated me. 3My back is covered with cuts, as if a farmer had plowed long 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 4:1The enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were rebuilding a Temple to the Lord, the God of Israel.
- Psalms 120:1I took my troubles to the Lord; I cried out to him, and he answered my prayer.
- Psalms 121:1I look up to the mountains— does my help come from there?
- Psalms 122:1I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord.”
- Psalms 123:1I lift my eyes to you, O God, enthroned in heaven.
- Psalms 124:1What if the Lord had not been on our side? Let all Israel repeat:
- Psalms 125:1Those who trust in the Lord are as secure as Mount Zion; they will not be defeated but will endure forever.
- Psalms 126:1When the Lord brought back his exiles to Jerusalem, it was like a dream!
- Psalms 127:1Unless the Lord builds a house, the work of the builders is wasted. Unless the Lord protects a city, guarding it with sentries will do no good.
- Psalms 128:1How joyful are those who fear the Lord— all who follow his ways!
- Exodus 1:12But the more the Egyptians oppressed them, the more the Israelites multiplied and spread, and the more alarmed the Egyptians became.
- Exodus 5:7“Do not supply any more straw for making bricks. Make the people get it themselves!
- Judges 2:15Every time Israel went out to battle, the Lord fought against them, causing them to be defeated, just as he had warned. And the people were in great distress.
- Judges 10:8who began to oppress them that year. For eighteen years they oppressed all the Israelites east of the Jordan River in the land of the Amorites (that is, in Gilead).
- 1 Samuel 13:19There were no blacksmiths in the land of Israel in those days. The Philistines wouldn’t allow them for fear they would make swords and spears for the Hebrews.
- Lamentations 1:3Judah has been led away into captivity, oppressed with cruel slavery. She lives among foreign nations and has no place of rest. Her enemies have chased her down, and she has nowhere to turn.
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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