Psalms 129:2

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me. Yet they have not prevailed - They endeavored to annihilate us as a people; but God still preserves us as his own nation.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 129:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Many a time ... - This repetition is designed to fix the thoughts on the fact, and to impress it on the mind. The mind dwells on the fact as impo...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Many. time. Figure of speech Anaphora (App-6), being repeated from Psalms 129:1 . Yet . Nevertheless. Hebrew. gam, as in Psalms 119:24 ("a...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth; y...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

A song of deliverance in trouble and the overthrow of the wicked.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 f...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It is beautiful to observe how the Scriptures sometimes speak of the church, and sometimes of Christ the head of the church, as one and the same. Hen...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth ,.... This is repeated for the confirmation of it, to excite attention to it, and to express the ve...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me. Ver. 2. Many a time, &c. ] Anadiplosis ad exaggerat...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Domestic Happiness. A song of degrees. 1 Many a time have they aff...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION This Psalm was written after the Captivity, and contains a reference to the many tribulations which the Jews passed through from their...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 overt...
The Biblical Illustrator

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...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THIS psalm consists of a retrospect ( Psalms 129:1-19 ) and an anticipation ( Psalms 129:5-19 ). The retrospect shows Israel oppres...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Victory of the Church over Her Enemies. A song of degrees, describing the deliverances of the people of God in the past and therefore confiden...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, the thought being repeated for the sake of emphasis, with not only Egypt in mind, but also the Phil...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 5:19 ; John 16:33 ; Matthew 16:18 ; Psalms 118:13 ; Psalms 125:1 ; Psalms 34:19 ; Revelation 12:8 ; Revelation 12:9 ; Romans 8:35-39

² Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 129:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 129:2