Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Psalms 129:1
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, with severe oppressions, may Israel now say, the reference being especially to the bondage of Egypt;
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, with severe oppressions, may Israel now say, the reference being especially to the bondage of Egypt;
PSALM CXXIX _The Jews give an account of the afflictions which they have_ _passed through_, 1-3. _And thank God for their deliverance_, 4. _The judgments that shall fall on the workers of iniquity...
MANY A TIME - Margin, as in Hebrew, “much.” Probably, however, the idea is, as expressed in our translation, “many a time;” “often.” So it is in the Latin Vulgate and the Septuagint; and this accords...
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...
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...
TITLE.. SONG OF DEGREES. Same as 120. See App-67....
_An exhortation to praise God, for saving Israel in their great afflictions. The haters of the church are cursed._ A Song of Degrees. Title. המעלות שׁיר _Shiir hammangaloth._] This psalm is thought t...
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...
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: Psalms 129:1.-Though many and deep have been Israel's afflictions, the righteous Lord hath cut the cords of the wicked (Psalms...
A song of deliverance in trouble and the overthrow of the wicked....
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ PSALMS 129 PSALMS FOR CLIMBING; PSALMS 120:134 Jesus said, "We wi
MANY A TIME. — Or more literally, _much._ (See margin.) FROM MY YOUTH. — Here, of course, not the youth of a person, but of the nation. The poet glances back even to the Egyptian bondage. (See Hosea 2...
שִׁ֗יר הַֽ מַּ֫עֲלֹ֥ות רַ֭בַּת צְרָר֣וּנִי מִ...
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...
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...
"A Song of degrees." Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may (a) Israel now say: (a) The Church now afflicted should remember how her condition has always been such from the beginning t...
_Canticle. David might compose it after his sin, though it might suit the captives, and all sinners, as well as the souls in purgatory. (Berthier) --- It has long been recited in their behalf. (Worthi...
CONTENTS The Church under affliction, speaks with some pain of the frequency of it from persecutions: but towards the close of the Psalm she takes comfort, from the consideration that the Lord will r...
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;...
1._They have often afflicted me from my youth. _This Psalm was probably composed at a time when the Church of God, reduced to a state of extreme distress, or dismayed by some great danger, or oppresse...
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...
MANY A TIME HAVE THEY AFFLICTED ME FROM MY YOUTH,.... That is, the enemies of Israel, afterwards called "ploughers". This may be understood of literal Israel, the posterity of Jacob; whose youth was t...
Psalms 129:1 «A Song of degrees. » Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: Ver. 1. _Many a time_] Or, much, and long. _ Have they_] _i.e._ The persecutors that deserve n...
_Many a time have they_ Namely, my enemies or oppressors; _afflicted me from my youth_ From the time that I was a people; when I was in Egypt, and after I came out of it, which is called the time of I...
ANY: Or, much...
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....
PSALM 129 THE ARGUMENT This Psalm contains a joyful and thankful remembrance of the church's former and manifold calamities from barbarous enemies, and of God's wonderful mercy in delivering them out...
Psalms 129:1 Song H7892 Ascents H4609 time H7227 afflicted H6887 (H8804) youth H5271 Israel H3478 say H559 ...
A SONG OF DEGREES Literally, "of ascents." Perhaps chanted by the people as they went up to Jerusalem to the feasts. See, for example (Psalms 112:1); (Psalms 112:2)....
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._...
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...
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....
_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--...
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
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...
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...
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...
1 Samuel 13:19; Exodus 1:12; Exodus 1:22; Exodus 5:7; Ezekiel 23:3;...
From my youth — From the time that I was a people....