Psalms 129:1 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹A Song of degrees. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:

Psalms 129:1 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 124:1
A Song of degrees of David. If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;
Hosea 11:1
When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
Jeremiah 2:2
Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
Psalms 120:1
A Song of degrees. In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.
Psalms 127:1
A Song of degrees for Solomon. Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-4)

The church of God, in its several ages, is here spoken of, or, rather, here speaks, as one single person, now old and gray-headed, but calling to remembrance the former days, and reflecting upon the times of old. And, upon the review, it is found, 1. That the church has been often greatly distressed by its enemies on earth: Israel may now say, “I am the people that has been oppressed more than any…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 1)

Psa 129:1-8. The people of God, often delivered from enemies, are confident of His favor, by their overthrow in the future. 1-2. may Israel now say--or, “oh! let Israel say” (Psa 124:1). Israel’s youth was the sojourn in Egypt (Jr 2:2; Ho 2:15).