Psalm 129:1

New Living Translation

From my earliest youth my enemies have persecuted me. Let all Israel repeat this:

Cross References

Psalm 120:1

I took my troubles to the Lord; I cried out to him, and he answered my prayer.

Psalm 121:1

I look up to the mountains— does my help come from there?

Psalm 122:1

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

Psalm 123:1

I lift my eyes to you, O God, enthroned in heaven.

Psalm 124:1

What if the Lord had not been on our side? Let all Israel repeat:

Psalm 125:1

Those who trust in the Lord are as secure as Mount Zion; they will not be defeated but will endure forever.

Psalm 126:1

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

Psalm 127:1

Unless the Lord builds a house, the work of the builders is wasted. Unless the Lord protects a city, guarding it with sentries will do no good.

Psalm 128:1

How joyful are those who fear the Lord— all who follow his ways!

Psalm 88:15

I have been sick and close to death since my youth. I stand helpless and desperate before your terrors.

Exodus 1:11

So the Egyptians made the Israelites their slaves. They appointed brutal slave drivers over them, hoping to wear them down with crushing labor. They forced them to build the cities of Pithom and Rameses as supply centers for the king.

Exodus 1:22

Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: “Throw every newborn Hebrew boy into the Nile River. But you may let the girls live.”

Isaiah 47:12

“Now use your magical charms! Use the spells you have worked at all these years! Maybe they will do you some good. Maybe they can make someone afraid of you.

Jeremiah 2:2

“Go and shout this message to Jerusalem. This is what the Lord says: “I remember how eager you were to please me as a young bride long ago, how you loved me and followed me even through the barren wilderness.

Jeremiah 22:21

I warned you when you were prosperous, but you replied, ‘Don’t bother me.’ You have been that way since childhood— you simply will not obey me!

Lamentations 1:3

Judah has been led away into captivity, oppressed with cruel slavery. She lives among foreign nations and has no place of rest. Her enemies have chased her down, and she has nowhere to turn.

Ezekiel 23:3

They became prostitutes in Egypt. Even as young girls, they allowed men to fondle their breasts.

Hosea 11:1

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

Hosea 2:15

I will return her vineyards to her and transform the Valley of Trouble into a gateway of hope. She will give herself to me there, as she did long ago when she was young, when I freed her from her captivity in Egypt.

Judges 2:15

Every time Israel went out to battle, the Lord fought against them, causing them to be defeated, just as he had warned. And the people were in great distress.

Judges 3:8

Then the Lord burned with anger against Israel, and he turned them over to King Cushan-rishathaim of Aram-naharaim. And the Israelites served Cushan-rishathaim for eight years.

1 Samuel 13:19

There were no blacksmiths in the land of Israel in those days. The Philistines wouldn’t allow them for fear they would make swords and spears for the Hebrews.