Verse 1

A Song of Ascents. Many a time{H7227} have they afflicted{H6887} me from my youth{H5271} up, Let Israel{H3478} now say,{H559}

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 124:1 : 1 A Song of Ascents; of David. If{H3884} it had not been Jehovah{H3068} who was on our side, Let Israel{H3478} now say,{H559}
  • Hos 2:15 : 15 And I will give{H5414} her her vineyards{H3754} from thence, and the valley{H6010} of Achor{H5911} for a door{H6607} of hope;{H8615} and she shall make answer{H6030} there, as in the days{H3117} of her youth,{H5271} and as in the day{H3117} when she came up{H5927} out of the land{H776} of Egypt.{H4714}
  • Jer 2:2 : 2 Go,{H1980} and cry{H7121} in the ears{H241} of Jerusalem,{H3389} saying,{H559} Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} I remember{H2142} for thee the kindness{H2617} of thy youth,{H5271} the love{H160} of thine espousals;{H3623} how thou wentest{H3212} after{H310} me in the wilderness,{H4057} in a land{H776} that was not sown.{H2232}
  • Hos 11:1 : 1 When Israel{H3478} was a child,{H5288} then I loved{H157} him, and called{H7121} my son{H1121} out of Egypt.{H4714}
  • Ps 120:1 : 1 A Song of Ascents. In my distress{H6869} I cried{H7121} unto Jehovah,{H3068} And he answered{H6030} me.
  • Ps 121:1 : 1 A Song of Ascents. I will lift up{H5375} mine eyes{H5869} unto the mountains:{H2022} From whence{H370} shall my help{H5828} come?{H935}
  • Ps 122:1 : 1 A Song of Ascents; of David. I was glad{H8055} when they said{H559} unto me, Let us go{H3212} unto the house{H1004} of Jehovah.{H3068}
  • Ps 123:1 : 1 A Song of Ascents. Unto thee do I lift up{H5375} mine eyes,{H5869} O thou that sittest{H3427} in the heavens.{H8064}
  • Ps 125:1 : 1 A Song of Ascents. They that trust{H982} in Jehovah{H3068} Are as mount{H2022} Zion,{H6726} which cannot be moved,{H4131} but abideth{H3427} for ever.{H5769}
  • Ps 126:1 : 1 A Song of Ascents. When Jehovah{H3068} brought back{H7725} those that returned{H7725} to Zion,{H6726} We were like unto them that dream.{H2492}
  • Ps 127:1 : 1 A Song of Ascents; of Solomon. Except Jehovah{H3068} build{H1129} the house,{H1004} They labor{H5998} in vain{H7723} that build{H1129} it: Except Jehovah{H3068} keep{H8104} the city,{H5892} The watchman{H8104} waketh{H8245} but in vain.{H7723}
  • Ps 128:1 : 1 A Song of Ascents. Blessed{H835} is every one that feareth{H3373} Jehovah,{H3068} That walketh{H1980} in his ways.{H1870}
  • Isa 47:12 : 12 Stand{H5975} now with thine enchantments,{H2267} and with the multitude{H7230} of thy sorceries,{H3785} wherein{H834} thou hast labored{H3021} from thy youth;{H5271} if so be thou shalt be able{H3201} to profit,{H3276} if so be thou mayest prevail.{H6206}
  • Exod 1:12-14 : 12 But the more they afflicted{H6031} them, the more{H3651} they multiplied{H7235} and the more they spread abroad.{H6555} And they were grieved{H6973} because{H6440} of the children{H1121} of Israel.{H3478} 13 And the Egyptians{H4714} made{H5647} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} to serve{H5647} with rigor:{H6531} 14 and they made{H4843} their lives{H2416} bitter{H4843} with hard{H7186} service,{H5656} in mortar{H2563} and in brick,{H3843} and in all manner of service{H5656} in the field,{H7704} all their service,{H5656} wherein they made them serve{H5647} with rigor.{H6531}
  • Exod 1:22 : 22 And Pharaoh{H6547} charged{H6680} all his people,{H5971} saying,{H559} Every son{H1121} that is born{H3209} ye shall cast{H7993} into the river,{H2975} and every daughter{H1323} ye shall save alive.{H2421}
  • Exod 5:7-9 : 7 Ye shall no more{H3254} give{H5414} the people{H5971} straw{H8401} to make{H3835} brick,{H3843} as heretofore:{H8032} let them go{H3212} and gather{H7197} straw{H8401} for themselves. 8 And the number{H4971} of the bricks,{H3843} which they did make{H6213} heretofore,{H8032} ye shall lay{H7760} upon them; ye shall not diminish{H1639} aught thereof: for they are idle;{H7503} therefore they cry,{H6817} saying,{H559} Let us go{H3212} and sacrifice{H2076} to our God.{H430} 9 Let heavier work{H5656} be laid{H3513} upon the men,{H582} that they may labor{H6213} therein; and let them not regard{H8159} lying{H8267} words.{H1697} 10 And the taskmasters{H5065} of the people{H5971} went out,{H3318} and their officers,{H7860} and they spake{H559} to the people,{H5971} saying,{H559} Thus saith{H559} Pharaoh,{H6547} I will not give{H5414} you straw.{H8401} 11 Go{H3212} yourselves, get{H3947} you straw{H8401} where{H834} ye can find{H4672} it; for{H3588} nought{H1697} of your work{H5656} shall be diminished.{H1639} 12 So the people{H5971} were scattered abroad{H6327} throughout all the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} to gather{H7197} stubble{H7179} for straw.{H8401} 13 And the taskmasters{H5065} were urgent,{H213} saying,{H559} Fulfil{H3615} your works,{H4639} [your] daily{H3117} tasks,{H1697} as when there was{H1961} straw.{H8401} 14 And the officers{H7860} of the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} whom Pharaoh's{H6547} taskmasters{H5065} had set{H7760} over them, were beaten,{H5221} and demanded,{H559} Wherefore have ye not fulfilled{H3615} your task{H2706} both yesterday{H8543} and to-day,{H3117} in making brick{H3835} as heretofore?{H8032} 15 Then the officers{H7860} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} came{H935} and cried{H6817} unto Pharaoh,{H6547} saying,{H559} Wherefore dealest{H6213} thou thus with thy servants?{H5650} 16 There is no straw{H8401} given{H5414} unto thy servants,{H5650} and they say{H559} to us, Make{H6213} brick:{H3843} and, behold, thy servants{H5650} are beaten;{H5221} but the fault{H2398} is in thine own people.{H5971} 17 But he said,{H559} Ye are idle,{H7503} ye are idle:{H7503} therefore ye say,{H559} Let us go{H3212} and sacrifice{H2076} to Jehovah.{H3068} 18 Go{H3212} therefore now, and work;{H5647} for there shall no straw{H8401} be given{H5414} you, yet shall ye deliver{H5414} the number{H8506} of bricks.{H3843} 19 And the officers{H7860} of the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} did see{H7200} that they were in evil{H7451} case, when it was said,{H559} Ye shall not diminish{H1639} aught from your bricks,{H3843} [your] daily{H3117} tasks.{H1697}
  • Judg 2:15 : 15 Whithersoever they went out,{H3318} the hand{H3027} of Jehovah{H3068} was against them for evil,{H7451} as Jehovah{H3068} had spoken,{H1696} and as Jehovah{H3068} had sworn{H7650} unto them: and they were sore{H3966} distressed.{H3334}
  • Judg 3:8 : 8 Therefore the anger{H639} of Jehovah{H3068} was kindled{H2734} against Israel,{H3478} and he sold{H4376} them into the hand{H3027} of Cushan-rishathaim{H3573} king{H4428} of Mesopotamia:{H763} and the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} served{H5647} Cushan-rishathaim{H3573} eight{H8083} years.{H8141}
  • Judg 10:8-9 : 8 And they vexed{H7492} and oppressed{H7533} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} that year:{H8141} eighteen{H8083} years{H8141} [oppressed they] all the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} that were beyond{H5676} the Jordan{H3383} in the land{H776} of the Amorites,{H567} which is in Gilead.{H1568} 9 And the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983} passed over{H5674} the Jordan{H3383} to fight{H3898} also against Judah,{H3063} and against Benjamin,{H1144} and against the house{H1004} of Ephraim;{H669} so that Israel{H3478} was sore{H3966} distressed.{H3334} 10 And the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} cried{H2199} unto Jehovah,{H3068} saying,{H559} We have sinned{H2398} against thee, even because we have forsaken{H5800} our God,{H430} and have served{H5647} the Baalim.{H1168} 11 And Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} [Did] not [I save you] from the Egyptians,{H4714} and from the Amorites,{H567} from the children{H1121} of Ammon,{H5983} and from the Philistines?{H6430} 12 The Sidonians{H6722} also, and the Amalekites,{H6002} and the Maonites,{H4584} did oppress{H3905} you; and ye cried{H6817} unto me, and I saved{H3467} you out of their hand.{H3027}
  • 1 Sam 13:19 : 19 Now there was no smith{H2796} found{H4672} throughout all the land{H776} of Israel;{H3478} for the Philistines{H6430} said,{H559} Lest the Hebrews{H5680} make{H6213} them swords{H2719} or spears:{H2595}
  • Ezra 4:1-9 : 1 Now when the adversaries{H6862} of Judah{H3063} and Benjamin{H1144} heard{H8085} that the children{H1121} of the captivity{H1473} were building{H1129} a temple{H1964} unto Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel;{H3478} 2 then they drew{H5066} near to Zerubbabel,{H2216} and to the heads{H7218} of fathers'{H1} [houses], and said{H559} unto them, Let us build{H1129} with you; for we seek{H1875} your God,{H430} as ye do; and we sacrifice{H2076} unto him since the days{H3117} of Esar-haddon{H634} king{H4428} of Assyria,{H804} who brought us up hither.{H5927} 3 But Zerubbabel,{H2216} and Jeshua,{H3442} and the rest{H7605} of the heads{H7218} of fathers'{H1} [houses] of Israel,{H3478} said{H559} unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us in building{H1129} a house{H1004} unto our God;{H430} but we ourselves together{H3162} will build{H1129} unto Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} as king{H4428} Cyrus{H3566} the king{H4428} of Persia{H6539} hath commanded{H6680} us. 4 Then the people{H5971} of the land{H776} weakened{H7503} the hands{H3027} of the people{H5971} of Judah,{H3063} and troubled{H926} them in building,{H1129} 5 and hired{H7936} counsellors{H3289} against them, to frustrate{H6565} their purpose,{H6098} all the days{H3117} of Cyrus{H3566} king{H4428} of Persia,{H6539} even until the reign{H4438} of Darius{H1867} king{H4428} of Persia.{H6539} 6 And in the reign{H4438} of Ahasuerus,{H325} in the beginning{H8462} of his reign,{H4438} wrote{H3789} they an accusation{H7855} against the inhabitants{H3427} of Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem.{H3389} 7 And in the days{H3117} of Artaxerxes{H783} wrote{H3789} Bishlam,{H1312} Mithredath,{H4990} Tabeel,{H2870} and the rest{H7605} of his companions,{H3674} unto Artaxerxes{H783} king{H4428} of Persia;{H6539} and the writing{H3791} of the letter{H5406} was written{H3789} in the Syrian [character],{H762} and set forth{H8638} in the Syrian [tongue].{H762} 8 Rehum{H7348} the chancellor{H1169} and Shimshai{H8124} the scribe{H5613} wrote{H3790} a{H2298} letter{H104} against{H5922} Jerusalem{H3390} to Artaxerxes{H783} the king{H4430} in this sort:{H3660} 9 then{H116} [wrote] Rehum{H7348} the chancellor,{H1169} and Shimshai{H8124} the scribe,{H5613} and the rest{H7606} of their companions,{H3675} the Dinaites,{H1784} and the Apharsathchites,{H671} the Tarpelites,{H2967} the Apharsites,{H670} the Archevites,{H756} the Babylonians,{H896} the Shushanchites,{H7801} the Dehaites,{H1723} the Elamites,{H5962} 10 and the rest{H7606} of the nations{H524} whom{H1768} the great{H7229} and noble{H3358} Osnappar{H620} brought over,{H1541} and set{H3488} in the city{H7149} of Samaria,{H8115} and in the rest{H7606} [of the country] beyond{H5675} the River,{H5103} and so forth.{H3706} 11 This{H1836} is the copy{H6573} of the letter{H104} that{H1768} they sent{H7972} unto{H5922} Artaxerxes{H783} the king:{H4430} Thy servants{H5649} the men{H606} beyond{H5675} the River,{H5103} and so forth.{H3706} 12 Be it{H1934} known{H3046} unto the king,{H4430} that the Jews{H3062} that{H1768} came up{H5559} from{H4481} thee{H3890} are come{H858} to us{H5922} unto Jerusalem;{H3390} they are building{H1124} the rebellious{H4779} and the bad{H873} city,{H7149} and have finished{H3635} the walls,{H7792} and repaired{H2338} the foundations.{H787} 13 Be it known{H3046} now{H3705} unto the king,{H4430} that, if{H2006} this{H1791} city{H7149} be builded,{H1124} and the walls{H7792} finished,{H3635} they will not{H3809} pay{H5415} tribute,{H1093} custom,{H1983} or toll,{H4061} and in the end it will be hurtful{H5142} unto{H674} the kings.{H4430} 14 Now{H3705} because{H6903} we eat{H1768} the salt{H4415} of the palace,{H1965} and it is not{H3809} meet{H749} for us to see{H2370} the king's{H4430} dishonor,{H6173} therefore{H5922} have we sent{H7972} and certified{H3046} the king;{H4430} 15 that search{H1240} may be made in the book{H5609} of the records{H1799} of thy fathers:{H2} so shalt thou find{H7912} in the book{H5609} of the records,{H1799} and know{H3046} that this{H1791} city{H7149} is a rebellious{H4779} city,{H7149} and hurtful{H5142} unto kings{H4430} and provinces,{H4083} and that they have moved{H5648} sedition{H849} within the same{H1459} of{H4481} old{H5957} time;{H3118} for{H5922} which{H1836} cause was this{H1791} city{H7149} laid waste.{H2718} 16 We{H586} certify{H3046} the king{H4430} that, if{H2006} this{H1791} city{H7149} be builded,{H1124} and the walls{H7792} finished,{H3635} by this{H1836} means{H6903} thou shalt have{H383} no{H3809} portion{H2508} beyond{H5675} the River.{H5103} 17 [ Then] sent{H7972} the king{H4430} an answer{H6600} unto{H5922} Rehum{H7348} the chancellor,{H1169} and to{H5922} Shimshai{H8124} the scribe,{H5613} and to the rest{H7606} of their companions{H3675} that dwell{H3488} in Samaria,{H8115} and in the rest{H7606} [of the country] beyond{H5675} the River:{H5103} Peace,{H8001} and so forth. 18 The letter{H5407} which ye sent{H7972} unto us{H5922} hath been plainly{H6568} read{H7123} before{H6925} me. 19 And I{H4481} decreed,{H7761} and search{H1240} hath been made, and it is found{H7912} that this{H1791} city{H7149} of{H4481} old{H5957} time{H3118} hath made insurrection{H5376} against{H5922} kings,{H4430} and that rebellion{H4776} and sedition{H849} have been made{H5648} therein. 20 There have been{H1934} mighty{H8624} kings{H4430} also over{H5922} Jerusalem,{H3390} who have ruled{H7990} over all{H3606} [the country] beyond{H5675} the River;{H5103} and tribute,{H1093} custom,{H1983} and toll,{H4061} was paid{H3052} unto them. 21 Make{H7761} ye now{H3705} a decree{H2942} to cause{H989} these{H479} men{H1400} to cease,{H989} and that this{H1791} city{H7149} be not{H3809} builded,{H1124} until{H5705} a decree{H2941} shall be made{H7761} by me.{H4481} 22 And take heed{H1934} that ye be{H5922} not slack{H7960} herein:{H1836} why{H4101} should damage{H2257} grow{H7680} to the hurt{H5142} of the kings?{H4430} 23 Then when{H4481} the copy{H6573} of king{H4430} Artaxerxes'{H783} letter{H5407} was read{H7123} before{H6925} Rehum,{H7348} and Shimshai{H8124} the scribe,{H5613} and their companions,{H3675} they went in haste{H924} to{H5922} Jerusalem{H3390} unto{H5922} the Jews,{H3062} and made them{H1994} to{H5922} cease{H989} by force{H153} and power.{H2429}
  • Ps 88:15 : 15 I am afflicted{H6041} and ready to die{H1478} from my youth{H5290} up: While I suffer{H5375} thy terrors{H367} I am distracted.{H6323}
  • Jer 22:21 : 21 I spake{H1696} unto thee in thy prosperity;{H7962} but thou saidst,{H559} I will not hear.{H8085} This hath been thy manner{H1870} from thy youth,{H5271} that thou obeyedst{H8085} not my voice.{H6963}
  • Lam 1:3 : 3 Judah{H3063} is gone into captivity{H1540} because of affliction,{H6040} and because of great{H7230} servitude;{H5656} She dwelleth{H3427} among the nations,{H1471} she findeth{H4672} no rest:{H4494} All her persecutors{H7291} overtook{H5381} her within the straits.{H4712}
  • Ezek 23:3 : 3 and they played the harlot{H2181} in Egypt;{H4714} they played the harlot{H2181} in their youth;{H5271} there were their breasts{H7699} pressed,{H4600} and there was handled{H6213} the bosom{H1717} of their virginity.{H1331}