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Verse Psalms 129:2. _YET THEY HAVE NOT PREVAILED_] They endeavoured to
annihilate us as a people; but God still preserves us as his own
nation....
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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 important in its bearing on the present occasion or emergen...
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PSALM 120-134
The Psalms of Degrees
Fifteen brief Psalms follow, called songs of degrees, or, ascents.
They were in all probability used by Israel going up to Jerusalem
three times a year to celebrat...
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CXXIX. PERSECUTED BUT NOT CAST DOWN.
Psalms 129:1. Israel's tyrants compared to ploughmen who have extended
their ploughing far, but Yahweh in His righteousness cut the cord
which fastened the ox to...
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MANY. TIME. Figure of speech _Anaphora_ (App-6), being repeated from
Psalms 129:1.
YET. Nevertheless. Hebrew. _gam,_ as in Psalms 119:24 ("also");
Ezekiel 16:28;...
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PSALMS 129
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
Israel's Thanks for Past Deliverances, and
Prayer for Continued Vindication.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 129:1-4, Israel's Experience of Vexation and
Deliverance. Stanza...
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A song of deliverance in trouble and the overthrow of the wicked....
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Psalms 107:150
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
PSALMS 129
PSALMS FOR CLIMBING;
PSALMS 120:134
Jesus said, "We wi
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רַ֭בַּת צְרָר֣וּנִי מִ נְּעוּרָ֑י
גַּ֝ם לֹא ־
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Psalms 129:1
THE point of view here is the same as in Psalms 124:1, with which the
present psalm has much similarity both in subject and in expression.
It is a retrospect of Israel's past, in which th...
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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 from sore perils. The backward look would seem to be...
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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. Hence the church is sometimes called by Christ's name;...
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Psalms 129 recurs now with joy to the sorrows and trials through which
the children of Zion have gone. But Jehovah is righteous, and has cut
asunder the cords of the wicked. The haters of Zion (for Zi...
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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 vehement affection of the speaker;
YET THEY HAVE NOT P...
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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 exaggerationem,_ _q.d._
They have done it and done it again, but...
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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 confidently asserting the overthrow of the
enemies in the fut...
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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 Philistines, the Midianites, the Moabites, the Syrians,...
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1-4 The enemies of God's people have very barbarously endeavoured to
wear out the saints of the Most High. But the church has been always
graciously delivered. Christ has built his church upon a rock....
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Psalms 129:2 time H7227 afflicted H6887 (H8804) youth H5271 prevailed
H3201 (H8804)
yet they have -...
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Three Songs of degrees.
Psalms 129:1. _Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may
Israel now say: many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet
they have not prevailed against me._...
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CONTENTS: Prayer for destruction of all the enemies of Zion.
CHARACTERS: God, Israel.
CONCLUSION: God has many ways of disabling men to do their mischief
against His people and of bringing their cou...
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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 overthrow of her enemies.
Psalms 129:1. _From my youth....
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_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 persecution. The persecution
here referred to was--...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 129:1. This psalm reflects on what
God’s people have endured and how God has sustained them. As a Song
of Solomon 1:1 of Asce
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INTRODUCTION
This Psalm was written after the Captivity, and contains a reference
to the many tribulations which the Jews passed through from their
youth—_i.e._, the earliest part of their history,—t...
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EXPOSITION
THIS psalm consists of a retrospect (Psalms 129:1) and an anticipation
(Psalms 129:5). The retrospect shows Israel oppressed by enemies for a
long term of years, but finally vindicated and...
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Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not
prevailed against me (Psalms 129:1-2).
So here is Israel, and...
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Job 5:19; John 16:33; Matthew 16:18; Psalms 118:13; Psalms 125:1;...