“They often attacked me from my youth — let Israel now say — they often attacked me from my youth. Two things are said: both that they often attacked me, and that they attacked me from my youth. If I, for example, at forty years of age, in the middle of my life, should begin to serve the Lord, I cannot say, "They have…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Homily 43, on Psalm 128
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1Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
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— Psalms 129:1 —
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.