Psalms 129:2

World English Bible (2000)

many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 16:18 : 18 I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
  • John 16:33 : 33 I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world."
  • Rom 8:35-39 : 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 Even as it is written, "For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter." 37 No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who 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 created thing, will 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 crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair; 9 pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed;
  • Rev 12:8-9 : 8 They didn't prevail, neither was a place found for him any more in heaven. 9 The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
  • Job 5:19 : 19 He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven no evil shall touch you.
  • Ps 34:19 : 19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.
  • Ps 42:1 : 1 As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.
  • Ps 118:13 : 13 You pushed me back hard, to make me fall, but Yahweh helped me.
  • Ps 125:1 : 1 Those who trust in Yahweh are as Mount Zion, which can't be moved, but remains forever.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 129:1
    94%

    1 Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say,

  • Ps 129:3
    84%

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

  • Ps 3:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1 Yahweh, how my adversaries have increased! Many are those who rise up against me.

    2 Many there are 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 untied his cord, and afflicted me; and they have thrown off restraint before me.

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

    13 They mar my path, They set forward my calamity, without anyone's help.

  • Lam 1:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    13 From on high has he sent fire into my bones, and it prevails against them; He has spread a net for my feet, he has turned me back: He has made me desolate and faint all the day.

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

  • Ps 119:157
    74%

    157 Many are my persecutors and my adversaries. I haven't swerved from your testimonies.

  • Ps 118:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    12 They surrounded me like bees. They are quenched like the burning thorns. In the name of Yahweh I cut them off.

    13 You pushed me back hard, to make me fall, but Yahweh helped me.

  • Ps 73:14
    74%

    14 For all day long have I been plagued, and punished every morning.

  • Job 16:10
    74%

    10 They have gaped on me with their mouth. They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.

  • Nah 1:12
    74%

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

  • Ps 118:18
    74%

    18 Yah has punished me severely, but he has not given me over to death.

  • Ps 35:15
    73%

    15 But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I didn't know it. They tore at me, and didn't cease.

  • Jer 20:11
    73%

    11 But Yahweh is with me as an awesome mighty one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail; they shall be utterly disappointed, because they have not dealt wisely, even with an everlasting dishonor which shall never be forgotten.

  • Ps 13:4
    73%

    4 Lest my enemy say, "I have prevailed against him;" Lest my adversaries rejoice when I fall.

  • Ps 18:38-39
    2 verses
    73%

    38 I will strike them through, so that they will not be able to rise. They shall fall under my feet.

    39 For you have armed me with strength to the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

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

    40 For you have armed me with strength for the battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

    41 You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me.

  • Ps 55:18
    72%

    18 He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me, although there are many who oppose me.

  • Ps 31:15
    72%

    15 My times are in your hand. Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.

  • Prov 23:35
    72%

    35 "They hit me, and I was not hurt! They beat me, and I don't feel it! When will I wake up? I can do it again. I can find another."

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

    18 He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me.

    19 They came on me in the day of my calamity, but Yahweh was my support.

  • Ps 40:12
    72%

    12 For innumerable evils have surrounded me. My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up. They are more than the hairs of my head. My heart has failed me.

  • Ps 34:19
    72%

    19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.

  • Lam 1:21-22
    2 verses
    72%

    21 They have heard that I sigh; there is none to comfort me; All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have done it: You will bring the day that you have proclaimed, and they shall be like me.

    22 Let all their wickedness come before you; Do to them, as you have done to me for all my transgressions: For my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.

  • Ps 25:19
    72%

    19 Consider my enemies, for they are many. They hate me with cruel hatred.

  • Ps 18:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me; for they were too mighty for me.

    18 They came on me in the day of my calamity, but Yahweh was my support.

  • Ps 88:15
    72%

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

  • Ps 56:5
    72%

    5 All day long they twist my words. All their thoughts are against me for evil.

  • Ps 140:5
    72%

    5 The proud have hidden a snare for me, they have spread the cords of a net by the path. They have set traps for me. Selah.

  • Jer 18:23
    72%

    23 Yet, Yahweh, you know all their counsel against me to kill me; don't forgive their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from your sight; but let them be overthrown before you; deal you with them in the time of your anger.

  • Ps 35:26
    71%

    26 Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.

  • Ps 22:16
    71%

    16 For dogs have surrounded me. A company of evildoers have enclosed me. They have pierced my hands and feet.

  • Lam 3:3
    71%

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

  • Ps 9:13
    71%

    13 Have mercy on me, Yahweh. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death;

  • Ps 119:51
    71%

    51 The arrogant mock me excessively, but I don't swerve from your law.

  • Ps 54:3
    71%

    3 For strangers have risen up against me. Violent men have sought after my soul. They haven't set God before them. Selah.

  • Ps 57:6
    71%

    6 They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They dig a pit before me. They fall into its midst themselves. Selah.

  • Job 19:18
    71%

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

  • Ps 40:14
    71%

    14 Let them be disappointed and confounded together who seek after my soul to destroy it. Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt.

  • Ps 22:12
    71%

    12 Many bulls have surrounded me. Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.

  • Ps 86:14
    71%

    14 God, the proud have risen up against me. A company of violent men have sought after my soul, and they don't hold regard for you before them.