Psalms 129:2
'Much have they afflicted me from my youth up; but they have not prevailed against me.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 Ascents. 'Much have they afflicted me from my youth up', let Israel now say;
3The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.
Cross References
Job 5:19He will deliver thee in six troubles; yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
Psalms 42:1BOOK II (42-1) For the Leader; Maschil of the sons of Korah. (42-2) As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after Thee, O God.
Psalms 125:1A Song of Ascents. They that trust in the LORD are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abideth for ever.
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 →