Psalms 129:2
Many a time have they assailed me from my youth: yet have they not prevailed against me.
Leeser Tanakh
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 the degrees.” Many a time have they assailed me from my youth, so should Israel say;
3Upon my back have ploughmen ploughed; they have drawn long their furrows:
Cross References
Job 5:19In six distresses will he deliver thee; and in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
Psalms 42:1BOOK SECOND: “To the chief musician, a Maskil, for the sons of Korach.” (42:2) As a hart panteth after brooks of water, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
Psalms 125:1“A song of the degrees.” Those who trust in the Lord are like mount Zion, which will not he moved, which endureth 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 →