Psalms 129:2

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Often they distressed me from my youth, Yet they have not prevailed over me.

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 16:18 : 18 `And I also say to thee, that thou art a rock, and upon this rock I will build my assembly, and gates of Hades shall not prevail against it;
  • John 16:33 : 33 these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage -- I have overcome the world.'
  • Rom 8:35-39 : 35 Who shall separate us from the love of the Christ? tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 (according as it hath been written -- `For Thy sake we are put to death all the day long, we were reckoned as sheep of slaughter,') 37 but in all these we more than conquer, through him who loved us; 38 for I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor messengers, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, 39 nor things about to be, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of god, that `is' in Christ Jesus our Lord.
  • 2 Cor 4:8-9 : 8 on every side being in tribulation, but not straitened; perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
  • Rev 12:8-9 : 8 and they did not prevail, nor was their place found any more in the heaven; 9 and the great dragon was cast forth -- the old serpent, who is called `Devil,' and `the Adversary,' who is leading astray the whole world -- he was cast forth to the earth, and his messengers were cast forth with him.
  • Job 5:19 : 19 In six distresses He delivereth thee, And in seven evil striketh not on thee.
  • Ps 34:19 : 19 Many `are' the evils of the righteous, Out of them all doth Jehovah deliver him.
  • Ps 42:1 : 1 To the Overseer. -- An Instruction. By sons of Korah. As a hart doth pant for streams of water, So my soul panteth toward Thee, O God.
  • Ps 118:13 : 13 Thou hast sorely thrust me to fall, And Jehovah hath helped me.
  • Ps 125:1 : 1 A Song of the Ascents. Those trusting in Jehovah `are' as Mount Zion, It is not moved -- to the age it abideth.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    94%

    1A Song of the Ascents. Often they distressed me from my youth, Pray, let Israel say:

  • Ps 129:3
    84%

    3Over my back have ploughers ploughed, They have made long their furrows.

  • Ps 3:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1A Psalm of David, in his fleeing from the face of Absalom his son. Jehovah, how have my distresses multiplied! Many are rising up against me.

    2Many are saying of my soul, `There is no salvation for him in God.' Selah.

  • Job 30:11-13
    3 verses
    75%

    11Because His cord He loosed and afflicteth me, And the bridle from before me, They have cast away.

    12On the right hand doth a brood arise, My feet they have cast away, And they raise up against me, Their paths of calamity.

    13They have broken down my path, By my calamity they profit, `He hath no helper.'

  • Lam 1:13-14
    2 verses
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    13From above He hath sent fire into my bone, And it subdueth it, He hath spread a net for my feet, He hath turned me backward, He hath made me desolate -- all the day sick.

    14Bound hath been the yoke of my transgressions by His hand, They are wrapped together, They have gone up on my neck, He hath caused my power to stumble, The Lord hath given me into hands, I am not able to rise.

  • Ps 119:157
    74%

    157Many `are' my pursuers, and adversaries, From Thy testimonies I have not turned aside.

  • Ps 118:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    12They compassed me about as bees, They have been extinguished as a fire of thorns, In the name of Jehovah I surely cut them off.

    13Thou hast sorely thrust me to fall, And Jehovah hath helped me.

  • Ps 73:14
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    14And I am plagued all the day, And my reproof `is' every morning.

  • Job 16:10
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    10They have gaped on me with their mouth, In reproach they have smitten my cheeks, Together against me they set themselves.

  • Nah 1:12
    74%

    12Thus said Jehovah: Though complete, and thus many, Yet thus they have been cut off, And he hath passed away. And I afflicted thee, I afflict thee no more.

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    74%

    18Jah hath sorely chastened me, And to death hath not given me up.

  • Ps 35:15
    73%

    15And -- in my halting they have rejoiced, And have been gathered together, Gathered against me were the smiters, And I have not known, They have rent, and they have not ceased;

  • Jer 20:11
    73%

    11And Jehovah `is' with me, as a terrible mighty one, Therefore my persecutors stumble and prevail not, They have been exceedingly ashamed, For they have not acted wisely, Confusion age-during is not forgotten.

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    73%

    4Lest mine enemy say, `I overcame him,' Mine adversaries joy when I am moved.

  • Ps 18:38-39
    2 verses
    73%

    38I smite them, and they are not able to rise, They fall under my feet,

    39And Thou girdest me `with' strength for battle, Causest my withstanders to bow under me.

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

    40And Thou girdest me `with' strength for battle, Thou causest my withstanders to bow under me.

    41And mine enemies -- Thou givest to me the neck, Those hating me -- and I cut them off.

  • Ps 55:18
    72%

    18He hath ransomed in peace my soul From him who is near to me, For with the multitude they were with me.

  • Ps 31:15
    72%

    15In Thy hand `are' my times, Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, And from my pursuers.

  • Prov 23:35
    72%

    35`They smote me, I have not been sick, They beat me, I have not known. When I awake -- I seek it yet again!'

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

    18He delivereth me from my strong enemy, From those hating me, For they were stronger than I.

    19They are before me in a day of my calamity, And Jehovah is my support,

  • Ps 40:12
    72%

    12For compassed me have evils innumerable, Overtaken me have mine iniquities, And I have not been able to see; They have been more than the hairs of my head, And my heart hath forsaken me.

  • Ps 34:19
    72%

    19Many `are' the evils of the righteous, Out of them all doth Jehovah deliver him.

  • Lam 1:21-22
    2 verses
    72%

    21They have heard that I have sighed, There is no comforter for me, All my enemies have heard of my calamity, They have rejoiced that Thou hast done `it', Thou hast brought in the day Thou hast called, And they are like to me.

    22Come in doth all their evil before Thee, And one is doing to them as Thou hast done to me, For all my transgressions, For many `are' my sighs, and my heart `is' sick!

  • Ps 25:19
    72%

    19See my enemies, for they have been many, And with violent hatred they have hated me.

  • Ps 18:17-18
    2 verses
    72%

    17He delivereth me from my strong enemy, And from those hating me, For they have been stronger than I.

    18They go before me in a day of my calamity And Jehovah is for a support to me.

  • Ps 88:15
    72%

    15I `am' afflicted, and expiring from youth, I have borne Thy terrors -- I pine away.

  • Ps 56:5
    72%

    5All the day they wrest my words, Concerning me all their thoughts `are' for evil,

  • Ps 140:5
    72%

    5The proud hid a snare for me -- and cords, They spread a net by the side of the path, Snares they have set for me. Selah.

  • Jer 18:23
    72%

    23And Thou, O Jehovah, Thou hast known, All their counsel against me `is' for death, Thou dost not cover over their iniquity, Nor their sin from before Thee blottest out, And they are made to stumble before Thee, In the time of Thine anger work against them!

  • Ps 35:26
    71%

    26They are ashamed and confounded together, Who are rejoicing at my evil. They put on shame and confusion, Who are magnifying themselves against me.

  • Ps 22:16
    71%

    16And to the dust of death thou appointest me, For surrounded me have dogs, A company of evil doers have compassed me, Piercing my hands and my feet.

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    3Surely against me He turneth back, He turneth His hand all the day.

  • Ps 9:13
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    13Favour me, O Jehovah, See mine affliction by those hating me, Thou who liftest me up from the gates of death,

  • Ps 119:51
    71%

    51The proud have utterly scorned me, From Thy law I have not turned aside.

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    3For strangers have risen up against me And terrible ones have sought my soul, They have not set God before them. Selah.

  • Ps 57:6
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    6A net they have prepared for my steps, Bowed down hath my soul, They have digged before me a pit, They have fallen into its midst. Selah.

  • Job 19:18
    71%

    18Also sucklings have despised me, I rise, and they speak against me.

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    71%

    14They are ashamed and confounded together, Who are seeking my soul to destroy it, They are turned backward, And are ashamed, who are desiring my evil.

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    12Many bulls have surrounded me, Mighty ones of Bashan have compassed me,

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    71%

    14O God, the proud have risen up against me, And a company of the terrible sought my soul, And have not placed Thee before them,