Psalm 129
Verse 1
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
A. M. 3470. B.C. 534. (Title.) A Song of degrees. This Psalm was most probably composed in consequence of the opposition of the Samaritans
Ezra 4.1-23 Psalms 120.1 121.1 122.1 123.1 124.1 125.1 126.1 127.1 *titles; 128.1 *title
Many
or, Much. have they.
Exodus 1.12-14,22 5.7-19 Judges 2.15 10.8-12 1 Samuel 13.19 Lamentations 1.3
from
Jeremiah 2.2 Ezekiel 23.3 Hosea 2.15 11.1
may
Verse 2
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
yet they have
34.19 118.13 125.1 Job 5.19 Matthew 16.18 Romans 8.35-39 John 16.33 Revelation 12.8,9
Verse 3
The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
The plowers
Verse 4
The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
The Lord
Ezra 9.15 Nehemiah 9.33 Lamentations 1.18 3.22 Daniel 9.7
cut asunder
Verse 5
Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
be confounded
83.4-11 122.6 Esther 6.13 9.5 Isaiah 10.12 37.22,28,29,35 Zechariah 1.14-17 12.3,6 1 Corinthians 16.22
Verse 6
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
as the grass
37.2 92.7 Jeremiah 17.5,6 Matthew 13.6
Verse 7
Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
he that bindeth
126.6 Isaiah 17.10,11 Hosea 8.7 Galatians 6.8
Verse 8
Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.