Psalms 129:1
“Sore have they vexed me from youth” thus let Israel say
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
In Context
2“Sore have they vexed me from youth, but they have not prevailed against me.
Cross References
Psalms 88:15From my youth I am wretched and dying, I am numbed by the terrors I bear.
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 →