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Psalms 129

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Psalms 129

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1Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up, Let Israel now say,

2Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up: Yet they have not prevailed against me.

3The plowers plowed upon my back; They made long their furrows.

4Jehovah is righteous: He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

5Let them be put to shame and turned backward, All they that hate Zion.

6Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, Which withereth before it groweth up;

7Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, Nor he that bindeth sheaves, his bosom:

8Neither do they that go by say, The blessing of Jehovah be upon you; We bless you in the name of Jehovah.

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Parallel translations · Psalms 129:1

WEB · World English Bible (2000)

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up, Let Israel now say,

KJV · King James Version (1611)

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:

ASV · American Standard Version (1901)

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up, Let Israel now say,

BBE · Bible in Basic English (1949)

Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young (let Israel now say);

YLT · Young's Literal Translation (1862)

A Song of the Ascents. Often they distressed me from my youth, Pray, let Israel say:

DRA · Douay-Rheims (Challoner) (1752)

A gradual canticle. Out of the depths I have cried to thee, O Lord:

DBY · Darby Bible (1890)

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth — oh let Israel say —

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — verses that illuminate Psalms 129:1.

  • Psalms 121:1

    I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: From whence shall my help come?

  • Judges 3:8

    Therefore the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight years.

  • Psalms 122:1

    I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go unto the house of Jehovah.

  • Psalms 128:1

    Blessed is every one that feareth Jehovah, That walketh in his ways.

  • Ezekiel 23:3

    and they played the harlot in Egypt; they played the harlot in their youth; there were their breasts pressed, and there was handled the bosom of their virginity.

  • 1 Samuel 13:19

    Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:

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