The Cords of the Wicked
Psalms 129:1
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth— let Israel now declare—
- KJV
- Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:Many…: or, Much
- WEB
- Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say:
- ASV
- Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up, Let Israel now say,
- LSV
- A SONG OF THE ASCENTS. Often they distressed me from my youth, || Pray, let Israel say:
- YLT
- A Song of the Ascents. Often they distressed me from my youth, Pray, let Israel say:
- DBY
- Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth — oh let Israel say —
- DRC128:1
- Often have they fought against me from my youth, let Israel now say.
- GNV
- A song of degrees. They haue often times afflicted me from my youth (may Israel nowe say)
- JPS
- A Song of Ascents. 'Much have they afflicted me from my youth up', let Israel now say;
- LXXE128:1
- A Song of Degrees. Many a time have they warred against me from my youth, let Israel now say:
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- שִׁ֗יר הַֽמַּ֫עֲל֥וֹת רַ֭בַּת צְרָר֣וּנִי מִנְּעוּרַ֑י יֹֽאמַר־נָ֝א יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃KJV:Ps.129.1
- LXX-Br128:1
- Ὠδὴ τῶν ἀναβαθμῶν. Πλεονάκις ἐπολέμησάν με ἐκ νεότητός μου, εἰπάτω δὴ Ἰσραήλ·
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Psalms 124:1If the LORD had not been on our side— let Israel now declare—
- Jeremiah 2:2“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.
- Hosea 11:1When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.
- Psalms 120:1In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me.
- Psalms 127:1Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.
- Psalms 122:1I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.”
- Psalms 126:1When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers.
- Exodus 1:12–14But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites. They worked the Israelites ruthlessly and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and…
- Judges 10:8–12who that very year harassed and oppressed the Israelites, and did so for eighteen years to all the Israelites on the other side of the Jordan in Gilead, the land of the Amorites. The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan…
- Isaiah 47:12So take your stand with your spells and with your many sorceries, with which you have wearied yourself from your youth. Perhaps you will succeed; perhaps you will inspire terror!
- Exodus 1:22Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: “Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live.”
- Psalms 125:1Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.
- Exodus 5:7–19“You shall no longer supply the people with straw for making bricks. They must go and gather their own straw. But require of them the same quota of bricks as before; do not reduce it. For they are lazy; that is why…
- Judges 2:15Wherever Israel marched out, the hand of the LORD was against them to bring calamity, just as He had sworn to them. So they were greatly distressed.
- Psalms 88:15From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.
- Jeremiah 22:21I warned you when you were secure. You said, ‘I will not listen.’ This has been your way from youth, that you have not obeyed My voice.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 129:2 in some Bibles
- 128:1 in some Bibles
- 129:1 in most Bibles