Revised Version 1895
Psalms 129:1
1Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up, 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 a time have they afflicted me from my youth up, let Israel now say; 2Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up: 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
Cross-references for Psalms 129:1
- Ezra 4:1Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded a temple unto the LORD, the God of Israel;
- Psalms 120:1In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he answered me.
- Psalms 121:1I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: from whence shall my help come?
- Psalms 122:1I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go unto the house of the LORD.
- Psalms 123:1Unto thee do I lift up mine eyes, O thou that sittest in the heavens.
- Psalms 124:1If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, let Israel now say;
- Psalms 125:1They that trust in the LORD are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abideth for ever.
- Psalms 126:1When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like unto them that dream.
- Psalms 127:1Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
- Psalms 128:1Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD, that walketh in his ways.
- Exodus 1:12But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.
- Exodus 5:7Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
- Judges 2:15Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had spoken, and as the LORD had sworn unto them: and they were sore distressed.
- Judges 10:8And they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel that year: eighteen years oppressed they all the children of Israel that were beyond Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.
- 1 Samuel 13:19Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:
- Lamentations 1:3Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude; she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her within the straits.
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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