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Psalms 129:2

129:1 A Song of degrees. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: Many: or, Much
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me. Many: or, Much

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many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.

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: yet they have not prevailed against me.

129:3 The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.

What does Psalms 129:2 mean?

Psalms 129:2 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include רַב (rab), צָרַר (tsârar), נָעוּר (nâʻûwr).

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Many
a
timeרַבrab/rab/H7227abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
have
they
afflictedצָרַרtsârar/tsaw-rar'/H6887to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive
me
from
my
youth:נָעוּרnâʻûwr/naw-oor'/H5271(only in plural collectively or emphatic form) youth, the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people)
yet
they
have
not
prevailedיָכֹלyâkôl/yaw-kole'/H3201to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
against
me.
Many:
or,
Much

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 129:2.

Genesis 13:6

And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.

Genesis 36:7

For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.

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What does Psalms 129:2 say?

Psalms 129:2 (King James Version) reads: "Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me. Many: or, Much"

Is Psalms 129:2 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 129:2 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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