Psalms 129:1
“A psalm of the steps, or the goings up.” Much have they afflicted me from my youth, May Israel now say;
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
In Context
2Much have they afflicted me from my youth, Yet have they not prevailed against me.
Cross References
Psalms 88:15I have been afflicted and languishing from my youth; I suffer thy terrors, and am distracted.
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 →