Psalms 129:1

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“Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth— let Israel now declare—”

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BSBPD

“Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth— let Israel now declare—”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up, Let Israel now say,”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“A Song of the Ascents. Often they distressed me from my youth, Pray, let Israel say:”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 129:1 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 1:11So the Egyptians appointed taskmasters over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor. As a result, they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh.
  2. Exodus 1:12But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.
  3. Exodus 1:14and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.
  4. Exodus 1:22Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: “Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live.”
  5. Exodus 5:7“You shall no longer supply the people with straw for making bricks. They must go and gather their own straw.
  6. Judges 2:15Wherever Israel marched out, the hand of the LORD was against them to bring calamity, just as He had sworn to them. So they were greatly distressed.
  7. Judges 3:8Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years.
  8. Judges 10:8who that very year harassed and oppressed the Israelites, and did so for eighteen years to all the Israelites on the other side of the Jordan in Gilead, the land of the Amorites.
  9. 1 Samuel 13:19And no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “The Hebrews must not be allowed to make swords or spears.”
  10. Ezra 4:1When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple for the LORD, the God of Israel,
  11. Psalms 88:15From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.
  12. Psalms 120:1In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me.
  13. Psalms 121:1I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?
  14. Psalms 122:1I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.”
  15. Psalms 123:1I lift up my eyes to You, the One enthroned in heaven.
  16. Psalms 124:1If the LORD had not been on our side— let Israel now declare—
  17. Psalms 125:1Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.
  18. Psalms 126:1When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers.
  19. Psalms 127:1Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.
  20. Psalms 128:1Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in His ways!
  21. Isaiah 47:12So take your stand with your spells and with your many sorceries, with which you have wearied yourself from your youth. Perhaps you will succeed; perhaps you will inspire terror!
  22. Jeremiah 2:2“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.
  23. Jeremiah 22:21I warned you when you were secure. You said, ‘I will not listen.’ This has been your way from youth, that you have not obeyed My voice.
  24. Lamentations 1:3Judah has gone into exile under affliction and harsh slavery; she dwells among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in the midst of her distress.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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