“ Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: ”
Many a time - Margin, as in Hebrew, “much.” Probably, however, the idea is, as expressed in our translation, “many a time;” “often.” So it is in the Latin Vulgate and the Septuagint; and this acc...
"A Song of degrees." Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may (a) Israel now say: (a) The Church now afflicted should remember how her condition has always been such from the beginning...
CXXIX. Persecuted but not Cast Down. Psalms 129:1-4 . Israel's tyrants compared to ploughmen who have extended their ploughing far, but Yahweh in His righteousness cut the cord which fastened the...
Title.. Song of degrees. Same as 120. See App-67.
1. They have often afflicted me from my youth. This Psalm was probably composed at a time when the Church of God, reduced to a state of extreme distress, or dismayed by some great danger, or...
A Song of degrees. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: Many a time have they afflicted me - The Israelites had been generally in affliction or captivity from the ear...
An exhortation to praise God, for saving Israel in their great afflictions. The haters of the church are cursed. A Song of Degrees. Title. המעלות שׁיר Shiir hammangaloth. ] This psalm is though...
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: Psalms 129:1-8 .-Though many and deep have been Israel's afflictions, the righteous Lord hath cut the cords of the wicked...
A song of deliverance in trouble and the overthrow of the wicked.
Many a time. — Or more literally, much. (See margin.) From my youth. — Here, of course, not the youth of a person, but of the nation. The poet glances back even to the Egyptian bondage. (See...
Psalms 129:1-8 THE point of view here is the same as in Psalms 124:1-8 , with which the present psalm has much similarity both in subject and in expression. It is a retrospect of Israel's past, i...
This song is that of one who ascending toward the much desired place of rest and worship, looks back and sees how in the past Jehovah has delivered from sore perils. The backward look would seem to b...
CONTENTS The Church under affliction, speaks with some pain of the frequency of it from persecutions: but towards the close of the Psalm she takes comfort, from the consideration that the Lord will...
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth ,.... That is, the enemies of Israel, afterwards called "ploughers". This may be understood of literal Israel, the posterity of Jacob; whose youth wa...
Psalms 129:1 «A Song of degrees. » Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: Ver. 1. Many a time ] Or, much, and long. Have they ] i.e. The persecutors that dese...
Many a time have they Namely, my enemies or oppressors; afflicted me from my youth From the time that I was a people; when I was in Egypt, and after I came out of it, which is called the time of...
Domestic Happiness. A song of degrees. 1 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: 2 M...
PSALM 129 THE ARGUMENT This Psalm contains a joyful and thankful remembrance of the church's former and manifold calamities from barbarous enemies, and of God's wonderful mercy in delivering them o...
INTRODUCTION This Psalm was written after the Captivity, and contains a reference to the many tribulations which the Jews passed through from their youth— i.e. , the earliest part of their history,—...
A Song of degrees Literally, "of ascents." Perhaps chanted by the people as they went up to Jerusalem to the feasts. See, for example ( Psalms 112:1 ); ( Psalms 112:2 ).
Three Songs of degrees. Psalms 129:1-19 . Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed agains...
The only title of this psalm is, a song of degrees. The author is unknown. It contains a general reference to the troubles of Israel, and the overthrow of her enemies. Psalms 129:1 . From my you...
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth. The persecuted condition of godly men on this earth I. As suffering under the hand of wicked persecution. The persecution here referred to was-...
EXPOSITION THIS psalm consists of a retrospect ( Psalms 129:1-19 ) and an anticipation ( Psalms 129:5-19 ). The retrospect shows Israel oppressed by enemies for a long term of years, but final...
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, with severe oppressions, may Israel now say, the reference being especially to the bondage of Egypt;
1 Samuel 13:19 ; Exodus 1:12-14 ; Exodus 1:22 ; Exodus 5:7-19 ; Ezekiel 23:3 ; Ezra 4:1-23 ; Hosea 11:1 ; Hosea 2:15 ; Jeremiah 2:2 ; Judges 10:8-12 ; Judges 2:15 ; Lamentations 1:3 ; Ps...
From my youth — From the time that I was a people.