Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
Psalm 129 stands among the post-Davidic psalms connected with the return of the Jews from captivity in Babylon. It gives voice to the mixed joy, sorrow, and anxiety of the returning exiles. That mingled experience centered on the building and dedication of the second temple and on its triumphs. The verse declares that God's people have been afflicted many times from their earliest history, yet their oppressors have never prevailed against them or overcome them.
Psalm 129 stands among the post-Davidic psalms connected with the return of the Jews from captivity in Babylon. It gives voice to the mixed joy, sorrow, and anxiety of the returning exiles. That mingled experience centered on the building and dedication of the second temple and on its triumphs. The verse declares that God's people have been afflicted many times from their earliest history, yet their oppressors have never prevailed against them or overcome them.