Psalms 129:2
For thou shalt eat the labours of thy hands: blessed art thou, and it shall be well with thee.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
In Context
1Blessed are all they that fear the Lord: that walk in his ways.
3Thy wife as a fruitful vine, on the sides of thy house.
Cross References
Job 5:19In six troubles he shall deliver thee, and in the seventh, evil shall not touch thee.
Psalms 42:1Unto the end, understanding for the sons of Core.
Psalms 125:1If it had not been that the Lord was with us, let Israel now say:
John 16:33These things I have spoken to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you shall have distress: but have confidence, I have overcome the world.
2 Corinthians 4:8In all things we suffer tribulation, but are not distressed; we are straitened, but are not destitute;
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 →