Psalms 129:1
Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth— let Israel now declare—
2 many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me.
3 The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth— let Israel now declare—
- KJV
- Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
- WEB
- Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say:
- ASV
- Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up, Let Israel now say,
- DARBY
- {A Song of degrees.} Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth oh let Israel say
- BLB
- A Song of the Ascents. <span class=|reftext|><a href=|#|><b>1</b></a> Often they have distressed me from my youth—now let Israel say—
- ÅB
- En sang ved festreisene. Meget har de trengt meg fra min ungdom av - så sie Israel -
- OTB
- “Mange ganger har de angrepet meg fra min ungdom,”
La Israel si, - B1930
- En sang ved festreisene. Meget har de trengt mig fra min ungdom av - så sie Israel -
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 124:1
If the LORD had not been on our side— let Israel now declare—
Read in contextJeremiah 2:2
“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.
Read in contextHosea 11:1
When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.
Read in contextPsalms 127:1
Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.
Read in contextExodus 1:12–14
But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.
Read in contextPsalms 122:1
I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.”
Read in contextPsalms 126:1
When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers.
Read in contextPsalms 120:1
In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me.
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