Psalms 129
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1A Song of degrees. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
2Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
3The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
4The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
5Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
6Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
7Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
8Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30683× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- לֹאlôʼH38083× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- חָרַשׁchârashH27902× in this chapter
to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness)
- נָעוּרnâʻûwrH52712× in this chapter
(only in plural collectively or emphatic form) youth, the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people)
- אָמַרʼâmarH5592× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- צָרַרtsârarH68872× in this chapter
to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive
- רַבrabH72272× in this chapter
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
- בָרַךְbârakH12881× in this chapter
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
- בְּרָכָהBᵉrâkâhH12931× in this chapter
benediction; by implication prosperity
- גַבgabH13541× in this chapter
the back (as rounded); by analogy, the top or rim, a boss, a vault, arch of eye, bulwarks, etc.
- גָּגgâgH14061× in this chapter
a roof; by analogy, the top of an altar
- גַּםgamH15711× in this chapter
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
- הָיָהhâyâhH19611× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- אָחוֹרʼâchôwrH2681× in this chapter
the hinder part; hence (adverb) behind, backward; also (as facing north) the West
- חָצִירchâtsîyrH26821× in this chapter
grass; also a leek (collectively)
- חֵצֶןchêtsenH26831× in this chapter
the bosom (as comprised between the arms)
- יָבֵשׁyâbêshH30011× in this chapter
to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)
- יָכֹלyâkôlH32011× in this chapter
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
- יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlH34781× in this chapter
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- כֹּלkôlH36051× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- כַּףkaphH37091× in this chapter
the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, power
- אֵלʼêlH4131× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- מָלֵאmâlêʼH43901× in this chapter
to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
- מַעֲלָהmaʻălâhH46091× in this chapter
elevation, i.e. the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally, a step or grademark, figuratively, a superiority of station); specifically a climactic progression (in certain Psalms)
- מַעֲנָהmaʻănâhH46181× in this chapter
a furrow
- נָאnâʼH49941× in this chapter
'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
- סוּגçûwgH54721× in this chapter
properly, to flinch, i.e. (by implication) to go back, literally (to retreat) or figuratively (to apostatize)
- עָבַרʻâbarH56741× in this chapter
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
- עֲבֹתʻăbôthH56881× in this chapter
something intwined, i.e. a string, wreath or foliage
- עַלʻalH59211× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- עָמַרʻâmarH60141× in this chapter
to gather grain
- צַדִּיקtsaddîyqH66621× in this chapter
just
- צִיּוֹןTsîyôwnH67261× in this chapter
Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem
- קַדְמָהqadmâhH69271× in this chapter
priority (in time); also used adverbially (before)
- קָצַץqâtsatsH71121× in this chapter
to chop off (literally or figuratively)
- קָצַרqâtsarH71141× in this chapter
to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)
- אָרַךְʼârakH7481× in this chapter
to be (causative, make) long (literally or figuratively)
- רָשָׁעrâshâʻH75631× in this chapter
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
- שִׁירshîyrH78921× in this chapter
a song; abstractly, singing
- שָׁלַףshâlaphH80251× in this chapter
to pull out, up or off