1291 "They have greatly oppressed me from my youth," let Israel say;
1291 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
1291 "Greatly
1291 "They've kicked me around ever since I was young" - this is how Israel tells it -
1291 A Song of Ascents. "Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth," Let Israel now say--
1291 From my earliest youth my enemies have persecuted me. Let all Israel repeat this:
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 129:1
Commentary on Psalm 129:1-4
(Read Psalm 129:1-4)
The enemies of God's people have very barbarously endeavoured to wear out the saints of the Most High. But the church has been always graciously delivered. Christ has built his church upon a rock. And the Lord has many ways of disabling wicked men from doing the mischief they design against his church. The Lord is righteous in not suffering Israel to be ruined; he has promised to preserve a people to himself.