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Psalms 129:2

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

KJV

Domine, exaudi vocem meam. Fiant aures tuæ intendentes in vocem deprecationis meæ.

Vulgate

Κύριε, εἰσάκουσον τῆς φωνῆς μου· γενηθήτω τὰ ὦτά σου προσέχοντα εἰς τὴν φωνὴν τῆς δεήσεώς μου.

LXX

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up: Yet they have not prevailed against me.

ASV

רַ֭בַּת צְרָר֣וּ/נִי מִ/נְּעוּרָ֑/י גַּ֝ם לֹא יָ֥כְלוּ לִֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
י
y
noun · 46×
י
y
verb · 53×
יוּכַ֣ל
yvkl
verb · 193×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
רַב
rb
verb · 458×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 4:8 — We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
  • Jer 1:19 — And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.
  • Job 5:19 — He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
  • John 16:33 — These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
  • Matt 16:18 — And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
  • Ps 34:19 — Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
  • Ps 42:1 — As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
  • Ps 118:13 — Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.
  • Ps 125:1 — They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
  • Rev 12:8 — And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
  • Rom 8:35 — Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?