Psalm 129:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹ Often have they attacked me from my youth —let Israel now say—

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, May Israel now say:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ MANY A time and much have they afflicted me from my youth up–let Israel now say–

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up, Let Israel now say,

Common English Bible

¹ From youth, people have constantly attacked me— let Israel now repeat!—

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ A Canticle in steps. From the depths, I have cried out to you, O Lord.

Psalm 129:1 Cross References

Psalm 124:1

If it had not been the Lord who was on our side —let Israel now say—

Hosea 11:1

When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.

Jeremiah 2:2

Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem, Thus says the Lord: I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.

Isaiah 47:12

Stand fast in your enchantments and your many sorceries, with which you have labored from your youth; perhaps you may be able to succeed; perhaps you may inspire terror.

Psalm 127:1

Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord guards the city, the guard keeps watch in vain.

Psalm 126:1

When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream.

Psalm 122:1

I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord!”

Psalm 120:1

In my distress I cry to the Lord, that he may answer me:

Psalm 125:1

Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but abides forever.

Judges 2:15

Whenever they marched out, the hand of the Lord was against them to bring misfortune, as the Lord had warned them and sworn to them, and they were in great distress.

Exodus 1:22

Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, “Every son that is born to the Hebrews you shall throw into the Nile, but you shall let every daughter live.”

Ezekiel 23:3

they prostituted themselves in Egypt; they prostituted themselves in their youth; their breasts were caressed there, and their virgin bosoms were fondled.

Lamentations 1:3

Judah has gone into exile with suffering and hard servitude; she lives now among the nations; she finds no resting place; her pursuers have all overtaken her in the midst of her distress.

Jeremiah 22:21

I spoke to you in your prosperity, but you said, “I will not listen.” This has been your way from your youth, for you have not obeyed my voice.

Psalm 123:1

To you I lift up my eyes, O you who are enthroned in the heavens!

Psalm 121:1

I lift up my eyes to the hills— from where will my help come?

Psalm 88:15

Wretched and close to death from my youth up, I suffer your terrors; I am desperate.

Judges 3:8

Therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of King Cushan-rishathaim of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served Cushan-rishathaim eight years.

Hosea 2:15

From there I will give her her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor a door of hope. There she shall respond as in the days of her youth, as at the time when she came out of the land of Egypt.

1 Samuel 13:19

Now there was no smith to be found throughout all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, “The Hebrews must not make swords or spears for themselves,”

Psalm 128:1

Happy is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways.

Exodus 1:11

Therefore they set taskmasters over them to oppress them with forced labor. They built supply cities, Pithom and Rameses, for Pharaoh.