Psalms 129:2
many a time they have persecuted me from my youth,
What it says
Though greatly afflicted from youth, the enemies have not prevailed against Israel.
What it is doing
This verse pairs long oppression with the fact of survival.
In context
1A song of ascents. 2many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, 3The plowmen plowed over my back; 4The LORD is righteous; 5May all who hate Zion 6May they be like grass on the rooftops, 7unable to fill the hands of the reaper, 8May none who pass by say to them,