Psalms 129:1
A song of ascents. Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth—let Israel now declare—
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
In Context
2many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me.
Cross References
Exodus 1:11So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
Exodus 1:14and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.
Exodus 5:7“You shall no longer supply the people with straw for making bricks. They must go and gather their own straw.
Judges 3:8Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years.
1 Samuel 13:19And no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “The Hebrews must not be allowed to make swords or spears.”
Psalms 88:15From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 129:1
This psalm relates to the public concerns of God's Israel. It is not certain when it was penned, probably when they were in captivity in Babylon, or about the time of their return. I. They look back with thankfulness for the former deliverances God had wrought for them and their fathers out of the many distresses they had been in from time to time, ver. 1-4 . II. They look forward with a believing prayer for and a prospect of the destruction of all the enemies of Zion, ver. 5-8 . In singing this psalm we may apply… Read the whole commentary →