Psalm 129:1 “Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth— let Israel now decl…”

Psalm 129:1

Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth— let Israel now declare—

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say:

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

A song of degrees. They haue often times afflicted me from my youth (may Israel nowe say)

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

“A. M. 3470. B.C. 534. A Song of degrees”

Psalm 124:1 Psalm 120:1 Psalm 122:1 Psalm 126:1 Psalm 127:1 Psalm 125:1

Psalm 124:1 · BSB

If the LORD had not been on our side— let Israel now declare—

Psalm 120:1 · BSB

In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me.

Psalm 122:1 · BSB

I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.”

Psalm 126:1 · BSB

When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers.

Psalm 127:1 · BSB

Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.

Psalm 125:1 · BSB

Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.

“have they”

Exodus 1:12–14 Judges 10:8–12 Exodus 1:22 Exodus 5:7–19 Judges 2:15 Lamentations 1:3

Exodus 1:12–14 · BSB

But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.

Judges 10:8–12 · BSB

who that very year harassed and oppressed the Israelites, and they did so for eighteen years to all the Israelites on the other side of the Jordan in Gilead, the land of the Amorites.

Exodus 1:22 · BSB

Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: “Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live.”

Exodus 5:7–19 · BSB

“You shall no longer supply the people with straw for making bricks. They must go and gather their own straw.

Judges 2:15 · BSB

Wherever Israel marched out, the hand of the LORD was against them to bring calamity, just as He had sworn to them. So they were greatly distressed.

Lamentations 1:3 · BSB

Judah has gone into exile under affliction and harsh slavery; she dwells among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in the midst of her distress.

“from”

Jeremiah 2:2 Hosea 11:1 Ezekiel 23:3 Hosea 2:15

Jeremiah 2:2 · BSB

“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.

Hosea 11:1 · BSB

When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.

Ezekiel 23:3 · BSB

and they played in Egypt, prostituting themselves from their youth. Their breasts were fondled there, and their virgin bosoms caressed.

Hosea 2:15 · BSB

There I will give back her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor into a gateway of hope. There she will respond as she did in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.

Also

Isaiah 47:12 Jeremiah 22:21 Psalm 88:15 Judges 3:8

Isaiah 47:12 · BSB

So take your stand with your spells and with your many sorceries, with which you have wearied yourself from your youth. Perhaps you will succeed; perhaps you will inspire terror!

Jeremiah 22:21 · BSB

I warned you when you were secure. You said, ‘I will not listen.’ This has been your way from youth, that you have not obeyed My voice.

Psalm 88:15 · BSB

From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.

Judges 3:8 · BSB

Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me.

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