2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
2 "they have greatly oppressed me from my youth, but they have not gained the victory over me.
2 "Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me.
2 "They've kicked me around ever since I was young, but they never could keep me down.
2 "Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth; Yet they have not prevailed against me.
2 From my earliest youth my enemies have persecuted me, but they have never defeated me.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 129:2
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.