Psalm 129:1

Good News Translation

Israel, tell us how your enemies have persecuted you ever since you were young.

Cross References

Psalm 120:1

When I was in trouble, I called to the Lord, and he answered me.

Psalm 121:1

I look to the mountains; where will my help come from?

Psalm 122:1

I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the Lord's house.”

Psalm 123:1

Lord, I look up to you, up to heaven, where you rule.

Psalm 124:1

What if the Lord had not been on our side? Answer, O Israel!

Psalm 125:1

Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which can never be shaken, never be moved.

Psalm 126:1

When the Lord brought us back to Jerusalem, it was like a dream!

Psalm 127:1

If the Lord does not build the house, the work of the builders is useless; if the Lord does not protect the city, it does no good for the sentries to stand guard.

Psalm 128:1

Happy are those who obey the Lord, who live by his commands.

Psalm 88:15

Ever since I was young, I have suffered and been near death; I am worn out from the burden of your punishments.

Exodus 1:11

So the Egyptians put slave drivers over them to crush their spirits with hard labor. The Israelites built the cities of Pithom and Rameses to serve as supply centers for the king.

Exodus 1:22

Finally the king issued a command to all his people: “Take every newborn Hebrew boy and throw him into the Nile, but let all the girls live.”

Isaiah 47:12

Keep all your magic spells and charms; you have used them since you were young. Perhaps they will be of some help to you; perhaps you can frighten your enemies.

Jeremiah 2:2

to proclaim this message to everyone in Jerusalem. “I remember how faithful you were when you were young, how you loved me when we were first married; you followed me through the desert, through a land that had not been planted.

Jeremiah 22:21

The Lord spoke to you when you were prosperous, but you refused to listen. That is what you've done all your life; you never would obey the Lord.

Lamentations 1:3

Judah's people are helpless slaves, forced away from home. They live in other lands, with no place to call their own— Surrounded by enemies, with no way to escape.

Ezekiel 23:3

When they were young, living in Egypt, they lost their virginity and became prostitutes.

Hosea 11:1

The Lord says, “When Israel was a child, I loved him and called him out of Egypt as my son.

Hosea 2:15

I will give back to her the vineyards she had and make Trouble Valley a door of hope. She will respond to me there as she did when she was young, when she came from Egypt.

Judges 2:15

Every time they would go into battle, the Lord was against them, just as he had said he would be. They were in great distress.

Judges 3:8

So the Lord became angry with Israel and let King Cushan Rishathaim of Mesopotamia conquer them. They were subject to him for eight years.

1 Samuel 13:19

There were no blacksmiths in Israel because the Philistines were determined to keep the Hebrews from making swords and spears. (