The Meaning of Psalms 129:2 Explained

Psalms 129:2

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

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

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

ASV: Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up: Yet they have not prevailed against me.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Psalms 129:2 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Psalms 129

1  An exhortation to praise God for saving Israel in their great afflictions
5  The haters of the church are cursed

What do the individual words in Psalms 129:2 mean?

Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth yet not they have prevailed against me
רַ֭בַּת צְרָר֣וּנִי מִנְּעוּרָ֑י גַּ֝ם לֹא־ יָ֥כְלוּ לִֽי

רַ֭בַּת  Many  a  time 
Parse: Adjective, feminine singular construct
Root: רַב 
Sense: much, many, great.
צְרָר֣וּנִי  they  have  afflicted  me 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural, first person common singular
Root: צָרַר 
Sense: to bind, be narrow, be in distress, make narrow, cause distress, besiege, be straitened, be bound.
מִנְּעוּרָ֑י  from  my  youth 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common singular
Root: נְעוּרִים 
Sense: youth, early life.
גַּ֝ם  yet 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: גַּם  
Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
יָ֥כְלוּ  they  have  prevailed 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: יָכֹל  
Sense: to prevail, overcome, endure, have power, be able.
לִֽי  against  me 
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular