Chapter 129
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
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
The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
The plowers
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
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
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
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
Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.