Psalm 129:1

Contemporary English Version 1995

Since the time I was young, enemies have often attacked! Let everyone in Israel say:

Cross References

Psalm 124:1

The Lord was on our side! Let everyone in Israel say:

Hosea 11:1

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

Jeremiah 2:2

to go to Jerusalem and tell everyone that he had said: When you were my young bride, you loved me and followed me through the barren desert.

Isaiah 47:12

Keep using your magic powers and your charms as you have always done. Maybe—just maybe— you will frighten somebody!

Psalm 127:1

Without the help of the Lord it is useless to build a home or to guard a city.

Psalm 126:1

It seemed like a dream when the Lord brought us back to the city of Zion.

Psalm 122:1

It made me glad when they said, “Let's go to the house of the Lord!”

Psalm 120:1

When I am in trouble, I pray,

Psalm 125:1

Everyone who trusts the Lord is like Mount Zion that cannot be shaken and will stand forever.

Exodus 1:22

until finally, the king gave a command to everyone in the nation, “As soon as a Hebrew boy is born, throw him into the Nile River! But you can let the girls live.”

Ezekiel 23:3

While they were young and living in Egypt, they became prostitutes.

Lamentations 1:3

The people of Judah are slaves, suffering in a foreign land, with no rest from sorrow. Their enemies captured them and were terribly cruel.

Jeremiah 22:21

When times were good, I warned you. But you ignored me, just as you have done since Israel was young.

Psalm 123:1

Our Lord and our God, I turn my eyes to you, on your throne in heaven.

Psalm 121:1

I look to the hills! Where will I find help?

Psalm 88:15

Ever since I was a child, I have been sick and close to death. You have terrified me and made me helpless.

Judges 3:8

This made the Lord angry, so he let Israel be defeated by King Cushan Rishathaim of northern Syria, who ruled Israel eight years and made everyone pay taxes.

Hosea 2:15

I will return your vineyards, and then Trouble Valley will become Hopeful Valley. You will say “Yes” to me as you did in your youth, when leaving Egypt.

1 Samuel 13:19

The Philistines would not allow any Israelites to learn how to make iron tools. “If we allowed that,” they said, “those worthless Israelites would make swords and spears.”

Psalm 128:1

The Lord will bless you if you respect him and obey his laws.

Exodus 1:11

The Egyptians put slave bosses in charge of the people of Israel and tried to wear them down with hard work. Those bosses forced them to build the cities of Pithom and Rameses, where the king could store his supplies.