Psalms 129:1 — Meaning and Application

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“[A Song of degrees.] Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: {Many...: or, Much}”

Psalms 129:1

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[A Song of degrees.] Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: {Many...: or, Much}

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me. {Many...: or, Much}

The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.

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Psalms 129:2

"Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me. {Many...: or, Much}"

Psalms 129:3

"The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows."

Psalms 129:4

"The LORD {is} righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked."

Psalms 129:5

"Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion."

Psalms 129:6

"Let them be as the grass {upon} the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:"

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