Psalms 129:2 · KJV
“Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me. {Many...: or, Much}”
— Psalms 129:2
[A Song of degrees.] Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: {Many...: or, Much}
The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
Psalms 129 — Context
[A Song of degrees.] Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: {Many...: or, Much}
2Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me. {Many...: or, Much}
3The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
4The LORD {is} righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
Cross References
Revelation 12:8-9
And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
Matthew 16:18
And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. {Peter: this name signifies a rock}
2 Corinthians 4:8-9
{We are} troubled on every side, yet not distressed; {we are} perplexed, but not in despair; {in despair: or, altogether without help, or, means}
Psalms 34:19
Many {are} the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
Psalms 125:1
[A Song of degrees.] They that trust in the LORD {shall be} as mount Zion, {which} cannot be removed, {but} abideth for ever.
Psalms 42:1
[To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah.] As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. {Maschil...: or, A Psalm giving instruction of the sons, etc} {panteth: Heb. brayeth}
Psalms 118:13
Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.
John 16:33
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.