Psalms 129:2
1 Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth— let Israel now declare—
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.
4 The LORD is righteous; He has cut me from the cords of the wicked.
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, but they have not prevailed against me.
- KJV
- Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
- WEB
- many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.
- ASV
- Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up: Yet they have not prevailed against me.
- DARBY
- Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth; yet they have not prevailed against me.
- BLB
- Often they have distressed me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me.
- ÅB
- meget har de trengt meg fra min ungdom av; men de har ikke fått overhånd over meg.
- OTB
- “Mange ganger har de angrepet meg siden min ungdom;
Men de har ikke overvunnet meg. - B1930
- meget har de trengt mig fra min ungdom av; men de har ikke fått overhånd over mig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Corinthians 4:8–9
We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
Read in contextRevelation 12:8–9
But the dragon was not strong enough, and no longer was any place found in heaven for him and his angels.
Read in contextPsalms 34:19
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.
Read in contextMatthew 16:18
And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
Read in contextPsalms 125:1
Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.
Read in contextJohn 16:33
I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”
Read in contextPsalms 118:13
I was pushed so hard I was falling, but the LORD helped me.
Read in contextPsalms 42:1
As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.
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