Psalms 129:2

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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  • Matt 16:18 : 18 And I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.
  • John 16:33 : 33 These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
  • Rom 8:35-39 : 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 Even as it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
  • 2 Cor 4:8-9 : 8 [ we are] pressed on every side, yet not straitened; perplexed, yet not unto despair; 9 pursued, yet not forsaken; smitten down, yet not destroyed;
  • Rev 12:8-9 : 8 And they prevailed not, neither was their place found any more in heaven. 9 And the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, he that is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world; he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him.
  • Job 5:19 : 19 He will deliver thee in six troubles; Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
  • Ps 34:19 : 19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous; But Jehovah delivereth him out of them all.
  • Ps 42:1 : 1 [For the Chief Musician. Maschil of the sons of Korah]. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soul after thee, O God.
  • Ps 118:13 : 13 Thou didst thrust sore at me that I might fall; But Jehovah helped me.
  • Ps 125:1 : 1 [A Song of Ascents]. They that trust in Jehovah Are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abideth for ever.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 129:1
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    1[A Song of Ascents]. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up, Let Israel now say,

  • Ps 129:3
    84%

    3The plowers plowed upon my back; They made long their furrows.

  • Ps 3:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1[A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son]. Jehovah, how are mine adversaries increased! Many are they that rise up against me.

    2Many there are that say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. {{Selah

  • Job 30:11-13
    3 verses
    75%

    11For he hath loosed his cord, and afflicted me; And they have cast off the bridle before me.

    12Upon my right hand rise the rabble; They thrust aside my feet, And they cast up against me their ways of destruction.

    13They mar my path, They set forward my calamity, [Even] men that have no helper.

  • Lam 1:13-14
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    13From on high hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them; He hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: He hath made me desolate and faint all the day.

    14The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand; They are knit together, they are come up upon my neck; He hath made my strength to fail: The Lord hath delivered me into their hands, against whom I am not able to stand.

  • Ps 119:157
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    157Many are my persecutors and mine adversaries; [Yet] have I not swerved from thy testimonies.

  • Ps 118:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    12They compassed me about like bees; They are quenched as the fire of thorns: In the name of Jehovah I will cut them off.

    13Thou didst thrust sore at me that I might fall; But Jehovah helped me.

  • Ps 73:14
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    14For all the day long have I been plagued, And chastened every morning.

  • Job 16:10
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    10They have gaped upon me with their mouth; They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: They gather themselves together against me.

  • Nah 1:12
    74%

    12Thus saith Jehovah: Though they be in full strength, and likewise many, even so shall they be cut down, and he shall pass away. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.

  • Ps 118:18
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    18Jehovah hath chastened me sore; But he hath not given me over unto death.

  • Ps 35:15
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    15But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: The abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew [it] not; They did tear me, and ceased not:

  • Jer 20:11
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    11But Jehovah is with me as a mighty one [and] a terrible: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail; they shall be utterly put to shame, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which shall never be forgotten.

  • Ps 13:4
    73%

    4Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; [Lest] mine adversaries rejoice when I am moved.

  • Ps 18:38-39
    2 verses
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    38I will smite them through, so that they shall not be able to rise: They shall fall under my feet.

    39For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

  • 2 Sam 22:40-41
    2 verses
    73%

    40For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle; Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.

    41Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me.

  • Ps 55:18
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    18He hath redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me; For they were many [that strove] with me.

  • Ps 31:15
    72%

    15My times are in thy hand: Deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

  • Prov 23:35
    72%

    35They have stricken me, [shalt thou say], and I was not hurt; They have beaten me, and I felt it not: When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

  • 2 Sam 22:18-19
    2 verses
    72%

    18He delivered me from my strong enemy, From them that hated me; for they were too mighty for me.

    19They came upon me in the day of my calamity; But Jehovah was my stay.

  • Ps 40:12
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    12For innumerable evils have compassed me about; Mine iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up; They are more than the hairs of my head; And my heart hath failed me.

  • Ps 34:19
    72%

    19Many are the afflictions of the righteous; But Jehovah delivereth him out of them all.

  • Lam 1:21-22
    2 verses
    72%

    21They have heard that I sigh; there is none to comfort me; all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: Thou wilt bring the day that thou hast proclaimed, and they shall be like unto me.

    22Let all their wickedness come before thee; And do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: For my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.

  • Ps 25:19
    72%

    19Consider mine enemies, for they are many; And they hate me with cruel hatred.

  • Ps 18:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17He delivered me from my strong enemy, And from them that hated me; For they were too mighty for me.

    18They came upon me in the day of my calamity; But Jehovah was my stay.

  • Ps 88:15
    72%

    15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: While I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

  • Ps 56:5
    72%

    5All the day long they wrest my words: All their thoughts are against me for evil.

  • Ps 140:5
    72%

    5The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set gins for me. {{Selah

  • Jer 18:23
    72%

    23Yet, Jehovah, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me; forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight; but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thou with them in the time of thine anger.

  • Ps 35:26
    71%

    26Let them be put to shame and confounded together that rejoice at my hurt: Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me.

  • Ps 22:16
    71%

    16For dogs have compassed me: A company of evil-doers have inclosed me; They pierced my hands and my feet.

  • Lam 3:3
    71%

    3Surely against me he turneth his hand again and again all the day.

  • Ps 9:13
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    13Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; Behold my affliction [which I suffer] of them that hate me, Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death;

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    71%

    51The proud have had me greatly in derision: [Yet] have I not swerved from thy law.

  • Ps 54:3
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    3For strangers are risen up against me, And violent men have sought after my soul: They have not set God before them. {{Selah

  • Ps 57:6
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    6They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down: They have digged a pit before me; They are fallen into the midst thereof themselves. {{Selah

  • Job 19:18
    71%

    18Even young children despise me; If I arise, they speak against me.

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    14Let them be put to shame and confounded together That seek after my soul to destroy it: Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor That delight in my hurt.

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    12Many bulls have compassed me; Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

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    71%

    14O God, the proud are risen up against me, And a company of violent men have sought after my soul, And have not set thee before them.