Psalms 129:2
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
Webster 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
1A Song of degrees. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
3The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
Cross References
Job 5:19He will deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
Psalms 42:1To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so my soul panteth after thee, O God.
Psalms 125:1A Song of degrees. They that trust in the LORD, shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
John 16:33These things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye will have tribulation, but be of good cheer: I have overcome the world.
2 Corinthians 4:8We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are 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 →