Psalms 129:2
Much have they afflicted me from my youth, Yet have they not prevailed against me.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
In Context
3The ploughers ploughed up my back; They made long their furrows;
Cross References
Job 5:19In six troubles will he deliver thee; Yea, in seven shall no evil touch thee.
Psalms 42:1“BOOK II. For the leader of the music. A song of the sons of Korah.” As the hart panteth for the water-brooks, So panteth my soul for thee, O God!
Psalms 125:1“A psalm of the steps, or the goings up.” They who trust in the LORD shall be as Mount Zion, Which cannot be moved, which standeth for ever.
John 16:33These things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation; but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
2 Corinthians 4:8being troubled on every side, yet not distressed; perplexed, but not in despair;
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 →