Psalms 129:2

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Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young, but my troubles have not overcome me.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 16:18 : 18 And I say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock will my church be based, and the doors of hell will not overcome it.
  • John 16:33 : 33 I have said all these things to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble: but take heart! I have overcome the world.
  • Rom 8:35-39 : 35 Who will come between us and the love of Christ? Will trouble, or pain, or cruel acts, or the need of food or of clothing, or danger, or the sword? 36 As it is said in the holy Writings, Because of you we are put to death every day; we are like sheep ready for destruction. 37 But we are able to overcome all these things and more through his love. 38 For I am certain that not death, or life, or angels, or rulers, or things present, or things to come, or powers, 39 Or things on high, or things under the earth, or anything which is made, will be able to come between us and the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
  • 2 Cor 4:8-9 : 8 Troubles are round us on every side, but we are not shut in; things are hard for us, but we see a way out of them; 9 We are cruelly attacked, but not without hope; we are made low, but we are not without help;
  • Rev 12:8-9 : 8 And they were overcome, and there was no more place for them in heaven. 9 And the great dragon was forced down, the old snake, who is named the Evil One and Satan, by whom all the earth is turned from the right way; he was forced down to the earth, and his angels were forced down with him.
  • Job 5:19 : 19 He will keep you safe from six troubles, and in seven no evil will come near you.
  • Ps 34:19 : 19 Great are the troubles of the upright: but the Lord takes him safely out of them all.
  • Ps 42:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. Maschil. Of the sons of Korah.> Like the desire of the roe for the water-streams, so is my soul's desire for you, O God.
  • Ps 118:13 : 13 I have been hard pushed by you, so that I might have a fall: but the Lord was my helper.
  • Ps 125:1 : 1 <A Song of the going up.> Those whose hope is in the Lord are like the mountain of Zion, which may not be moved, but keeps its place for ever.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 129:1
    94%

    1 <A Song of the going up.> Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young (let Israel now say);

  • Ps 129:3
    84%

    3 The ploughmen were ploughing on my back; long were the wounds they made.

  • Ps 3:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1 <A Psalm. Of David. When he went in flight from Absalom his son.> Lord, how greatly are they increased who make attacks on me! in great numbers they come against me.

    2 Unnumbered are those who say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. (Selah.)

  • Job 30:11-13
    3 verses
    75%

    11 For he has made loose the cord of my bow, and put me to shame; he has sent down my flag to the earth before me.

    12 The lines of his men of war put themselves in order, and make high their ways of destruction against me:

    13 They have made waste my roads, with a view to my destruction; his bowmen come round about me;

  • Lam 1:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    13 From on high he has sent fire into my bones, and it has overcome them: his net is stretched out for my feet, I am turned back by him; he has made me waste and feeble all the day.

    14 A watch is kept on my sins; they are joined together by his hand, they have come on to my neck; he has made my strength give way: the Lord has given me up into the hands of those against whom I have no power.

  • Ps 119:157
    74%

    157 Great is the number of those who are against me; but I have not been turned away from your unchanging word.

  • Ps 118:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    12 They are round me like bees; but they are put out like a fire among thorns; for in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down.

    13 I have been hard pushed by you, so that I might have a fall: but the Lord was my helper.

  • Ps 73:14
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    14 For I have been troubled all the day; every morning have I undergone punishment.

  • Job 16:10
    74%

    10 Their mouths are open wide against me; the blows of his bitter words are falling on my face; all of them come together in a mass against me.

  • Nah 1:12
    74%

    12 This is what the Lord has said: The days of my cause against you are ended; they are cut off and past. Though I have sent trouble on you, you will no longer be troubled.

  • Ps 118:18
    74%

    18 The hand of Jah has been hard on me; but he has not given me up to death.

  • Ps 35:15
    73%

    15 But they took pleasure in my trouble, and came together, yes, low persons came together against me without my knowledge; they never came to an end of wounding me.

  • Jer 20:11
    73%

    11 But the Lord is with me as a great one, greatly to be feared: so my attackers will have a fall, and they will not overcome me: they will be greatly shamed, because they have not done wisely, even with an unending shame, kept in memory for ever.

  • Ps 13:4
    73%

    4 And he who is against me may not say, I have overcome him; and those who are troubling me may not be glad when I am moved.

  • Ps 18:38-39
    2 verses
    73%

    38 I will give them wounds, so that they are not able to get up: they are stretched under my feet.

    39 For I have been armed by you with strength for the fight: you have made low under me those who come out against me.

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

    40 For I have been armed by you with strength for the fight: you have made low under me those who came out against me.

    41 By you their backs are turned in flight, so that my haters are cut off.

  • Ps 55:18
    72%

    18 He has taken my soul away from the attack which was made against me, and given it peace; for great numbers were against me.

  • Ps 31:15
    72%

    15 The chances of my life are in your hand; take me out of the hands of my haters, and of those who go after me.

  • Prov 23:35
    72%

    35 They have overcome me, you will say, and I have no pain; they gave me blows without my feeling them: when will I be awake from my wine? I will go after it again.

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

    18 He made me free from my strong hater, from those who were against me, because they were stronger than I.

    19 They came on me in the day of my trouble: but the Lord was my support.

  • Ps 40:12
    72%

    12 For unnumbered evils are round about me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I am bent down with their weight; they are more than the hairs of my head, my strength is gone because of them.

  • Ps 34:19
    72%

    19 Great are the troubles of the upright: but the Lord takes him safely out of them all.

  • Lam 1:21-22
    2 verses
    72%

    21 Give ear to the voice of my grief; I have no comforter; all my haters have news of my troubles, they are glad because you have done it: let the day of fate come when they will be like me.

    22 Let all their evil-doing come before you; do to them as you have done to me for all my sins: for loud is the sound of my grief, and the strength of my heart is gone.

  • Ps 25:19
    72%

    19 See how those who are against me are increased, for bitter is their hate of me.

  • Ps 18:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17 He made me free from my strong hater, and from those who were against me, because they were stronger than I.

    18 They came on me in the day of my trouble; but the Lord was my support.

  • Ps 88:15
    72%

    15 I have been troubled and in fear of death from the time when I was young; your wrath is hard on me, and I have no strength.

  • Ps 56:5
    72%

    5 Every day they make wrong use of my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil.

  • Ps 140:5
    72%

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  • Jer 18:23
    72%

    23 But you, Lord, have knowledge of all the designs which they have made against my life; let not their evil-doing be covered or their sin be washed away from before your eyes: but let it be a cause of falling before you: so do to them in the time of your wrath.

  • Ps 35:26
    71%

    26 Let all those who take pleasure in my troubles be shamed and come to nothing: let those who are lifted up against me be covered with shame and have no honour.

  • Ps 22:16
    71%

    16 Dogs have come round me: I am shut in by the band of evil-doers; they made wounds in my hands and feet.

  • Lam 3:3
    71%

    3 Truly against me his hand has been turned again and again all the day.

  • Ps 9:13
    71%

    13 Have mercy on me, O Lord, and see how I am troubled by my haters; let me be lifted up from the doors of death;

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    71%

    51 The men of pride have made great sport of me; but I have not been turned from your law.

  • Ps 54:3
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  • Ps 57:6
    71%

    6 They have made ready a net for my steps; my soul is bent down; they have made a great hole before me, and have gone down into it themselves. (Selah.)

  • Job 19:18
    71%

    18 Even young children have no respect for me; when I get up their backs are turned on me.

  • Ps 40:14
    71%

    14 Let those who go after my soul for its destruction have shame and trouble together; let them be turned back and made foolish who take pleasure in my trouble.

  • Ps 22:12
    71%

    12 A great herd of oxen is round me: I am shut in by the strong oxen of Bashan.

  • Ps 86:14
    71%

    14 O God, men of pride have come up against me, and the army of violent men would take my life; they have not put you before them.