Psalms 129:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

רַ֭בַּת צְרָר֣וּנִי מִנְּעוּרָ֑י גַּ֝ם לֹא־יָ֥כְלוּ לִֽי׃

Transliteration

rabbat ṣərārûnî from nəʿûray gam not-yāḵəlû to me

Grammar Details

*rabbat*: adverb, intensive form - greatly/much/many times
*ṣərārûnî*: verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person plural with 1st person singular suffix - they have afflicted/oppressed me
*nəʿûray*: noun, masculine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my youth
*gam*: conjunction/adverb - also/moreover/yet
*yāḵəlû*: verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person plural - they prevailed/overcame
*lî*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - to me/against me

Word Meanings

*rabbat*: greatly/many times/often
*ṣərārûnî*: afflicted me/oppressed me/harassed me/bound me
*gam* not-*yāḵəlû* *lî*: yet they have not prevailed against me/nevertheless they could not overcome me

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Referenced Verses

Matt 16:18 : 18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
John 16:33 : 33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall 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 distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written , For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are 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 powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 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 troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
Rev 12:8-9 : 8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. 9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Job 5:19 : 19 He shall 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 the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
Ps 42:1 : 1 To the chief Musician{H8764)}, Maschil{H8688)}, for the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth{H8799)} after the water brooks, so panteth{H8799)} my soul after thee, O God.
Ps 118:13 : 13 Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me.
Ps 125:1 : 1 A Song of degrees. They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.

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