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Psalm 128 (129) Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899

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Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · Psalm 129 · About the recordings

Notes on this text (2)

Psalm 128 in DRB = Psalm 129 in RV1909.

DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
1 Often have they fought against me from my youth, let Israel now say.
129:1 Cántico gradual. MUCHO me han angustiado desde mi juventud, puede decir ahora Israel;
2 Often have they fought against me from my youth: but they could not prevail over me.
129:2 Mucho me han angustiado desde mi juventud; mas no prevalecieron contra mí.
3 The wicked have wrought upon my back: they have lengthened their iniquity.
129:3 Sobre mis espaldas araron los aradores: hicieron largos surcos.
4 The Lord who is just will cut the necks of sinners:
129:4 Jehová es justo; cortó las coyundas de los impíos.
5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Sion.
129:5 Serán avergonzados y vueltos atrás todos los que aborrecen á Sión.
6 Let them be as grass on the tops of houses: which withered before it be plucked up:
129:6 Serán como la hierba de los tejados, que se seca antes que crezca:
7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand: nor he that gathereth sheaves his bosom.
129:7 De la cual no hinchió segador su mano, ni sus brazos el que hace gavillas.
8 And they that have passed by have not said: The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we have blessed you in the name of the Lord.
129:8 Ni dijeron los que pasaban: Bendición de Jehová sea sobre vosotros; os bendecimos en el nombre de Jehová.
Cross references (8)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in DRB.

  1. 1 Psalm 124:1; Jeremiah 2:2; Hosea 11:1; Psalm 127:1; Exodus 1:12–14
  2. 2 2 Corinthians 4:8–9; Revelation 12:8–9; Psalm 34:19; Matthew 16:18; Psalm 125:1
  3. 3 Isaiah 51:23; Psalm 141:7
  4. 4 Psalm 119:137; Lamentations 3:22; Psalm 124:6–7; Daniel 9:7; Nehemiah 9:33
  5. 5 Psalm 71:13; Isaiah 37:35; Zechariah 12:3; Isaiah 10:12; Isaiah 37:22
  6. 6 Psalm 37:2; Psalm 92:7; Jeremiah 17:5–6; Matthew 13:6; 2 Kings 19:26
  7. 7 Galatians 6:8; Isaiah 17:10–11; Psalm 126:6; Hosea 8:7
  8. 8 Ruth 2:4; Psalm 118:26

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations). Verse numbers below follow the Hebrew/English numbering: 129.

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Commentary Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm CXXVIII)

    Felix the Martyr, truly Felix, i.e. "Happy" both in his name and his crown, whose birthday this is, despised the world. Was he, because he feared the Lord, thence happy, thence blessed, because his wife was as a fruitful vine upon the earth, and his children stood around his table?

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)