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Psalm 129

Sal. 129:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Many a time
rab (Hebrew #7227)
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
KJV usage: (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), ((ship-))master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
Pronounce: rab
Origin: by contracted from 7231
have they afflicted
tsarar (Hebrew #6887)
to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (as follows)
KJV usage: adversary, (be in) afflict(-ion), beseige, bind (up), (be in, bring) distress, enemy, narrower, oppress, pangs, shut up, be in a strait (trouble), vex.
Pronounce: tsaw-rar'
Origin: a primitive root
me from my youth
na`uwr (Hebrew #5271)
and (feminine) nturah {neh- oo-raw'}; properly, passive participle from 5288 as denominative; (only in plural collectively or emphatic form) youth, the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people)
KJV usage: childhood, youth.
Pronounce: naw-oor'
Origin: or naur {naw-oor'}
: yetz they have not prevailed
yakol (Hebrew #3201)
a primitive root; to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
KJV usage: be able, any at all (ways), attain, can (away with, (-not)), could, endure, might, overcome, have power, prevail, still, suffer.
Pronounce: yaw-kole'
Origin: or (fuller) yakowl {yaw-kole'}
against me.

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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yet they have.
Sal. 34:19• 19Muchos son los males del justo; Mas de todos ellos lo librará Jehová. (Sal. 34:19)
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Sal. 118:13• 13Empujásteme con violencia para que cayese: Empero ayudóme Jehová. (Sal. 118:13)
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Sal. 125:1• 1Cántico gradual. Los que confían en Jehová Son como el monte de Sión que no deslizará: estará para siempre. (Sal. 125:1)
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Job 5:19• 19En seis tribulaciones te librará, Y en la séptima no te tocará el mal. (Job 5:19)
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Mt. 16:18• 18Mas yo también te digo, que tú eres Pedro, y sobre esta piedra edificaré mi iglesia; y las puertas del infierno no prevalecerán contra ella. (Mt. 16:18)
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Ro. 8:35‑39• 35¿Quién nos apartará del amor de Cristo? tribulación? ó angustia? ó persecución? ó hambre? ó desnudez? ó peligro? ó cuchillo?
36Como está escrito: Por causa de ti somos muertos todo el tiempo: Somos estimados como ovejas de matadero.
37Antes, en todas estas cosas hacemos más que vencer por medio de aquel que nos amó.
38Por lo cual estoy cierto que ni la muerte, ni la vida, ni ángeles, ni principados, ni potestades, ni lo presente, ni lo por venir,
39Ni lo alto, ni lo bajo, ni ninguna criatura nos podrá apartar del amor de Dios, que es en Cristo Jesús Señor nuestro.
(Ro. 8:35‑39)
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Jn. 16:33• 33Estas cosas os he hablado, para que en mí tengáis paz. En el mundo tendréis aflicción: mas confiad, yo he vencido al mundo. (Jn. 16:33)
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Ap. 12:8‑9• 8Y no prevalecieron, ni su lugar fué más hallado en el cielo.
9Y fué lanzado fuera aquel gran dragón, la serpiente antigua, que se llama Diablo y Satanás, el cual engaña á todo el mundo; fué arrojado en tierra, y sus ángeles fueron arrojados con él.
(Ap. 12:8‑9)
 The soul looks back and sees God's faithful dealings all along the road—a blessed thought! How sweet it is to turn back and see, while we were obliged to walk by faith, and it was as though He beheld not, the eye of the Lord has unceasingly waited on us and ordered all things! (Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 120-131 by J.N. Darby)
 {v.2-3} Every atrocity that human wickedness could devise has been used to seek their extermination. The plowers have indeed plowed his back and made long their furrows. Yet Israel can say, “They have not prevailed against me.” Hated and opposed by powerful nations and worldwide empires, they have been preserved. (Psalms 129 by H. Smith)
 How true is the word of Jehovah, “Though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee” (Jer. 30:11). (Psalms 129 by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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