Psalms 129:2
O Lord, hearken to my voice; let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
In Context
1A Song of Degrees. Out of the depths have I cried to thee, O Lord.
3If thou, O Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
Cross References
Job 5:19Six times he shall deliver thee out of distresses: and in the seventh harm shall not touch thee.
Psalms 42:1A Psalm of David. Judge me, O God, and plead my cause, against an ungodly nation: deliver me from the unjust and crafty man.
Psalms 125:1A Song of Degrees. When the Lord turned the captivity of Sion, we became as comforted ones.
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 →