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Psalms 129:2 — King James Version← Study notes

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.


Psalms 129:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 129:27 words
HebrewMeaning
רַ֭בַּתrabat
muchadjH7227
-ant · -antly) · captain · elder ···
צְרָר֣וּ/נִיṣərārwniy
people have opposed meverbH6887
afflict · beseige · bind · (be in ···
מִ/נְּעוּרָ֑/יminəʿwrāy
since youth mypronH5271
youth
גַּ֝םgam
alsoparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
לֹאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יָ֥כְלוּyākəlw
they have prevailedverbH3201
any at all · attain · can (away with · ) ···
לִֽ/יliy
pron
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 129:2

1. The Psalm which we have sung is short: but as it is written in the Gospel of Zacchæus that he was “little of stature,” Luke 19:2-9 but mighty in works; as it is written of that widow who cast two mites into the treasury, little was the money, but great was her charity; Mark 12:42, 44 thus also this Psalm, if you count the words, is short; if you weigh the sentiments, is great....Let the Spirit of God speak, let It speak to us, let It sing to us; whether we wish or wish not…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 129
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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