Psalms 129:2
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth; yet they have not prevailed against me.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
In Context
1{A Song of degrees.} Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth oh let Israel say
3The ploughers ploughed upon my back; they made long their furrows.
Cross References
Job 5:19He will deliver thee in six troubles, and in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
Psalms 42:1{To the chief Musician. An instruction; of the sons of Korah.} As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
Psalms 125:1{A Song of degrees.} They that confide in Jehovah are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved; it abideth for ever.
John 16:33These things have I spoken to you that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye have tribulation; but be of good courage: I have overcome the world.
2 Corinthians 4:8every way afflicted, but not straitened; seeing no apparent issue, but our way not entirely shut up;
Matthew Henry on Psalms 129:2-5
Domestic Happiness. 1 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: 2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me. 3 The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows. 4 The Lord is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked. The church of God, in its several ages, is here spoken of, or, rather, here speaks, as one single person, now old and gray-headed, but calling to remembrance the former days, and reflecting upon the… Read the whole commentary →