Psalms 129:5
Let all the haters of Zion be shamed and turned back.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
In Context
4The Lord is true: the cords of the evil-doers are broken in two.
6Let them be like the grass on the house-tops, which is dry before it comes to full growth.
Cross References
Nehemiah 6:16And when our haters had news of this, all the nations round about us were full of fear and were greatly shamed, for they saw that this work had been done by our God.
Esther 9:5So the Jews overcame all their attackers with the sword and with death and destruction, and did to their haters whatever they had a desire to do.
Psalms 71:13Let those who say evil against my soul be overcome and put to shame; let my haters be made low and have no honour.
Psalms 122:6O make prayers for the peace of Jerusalem; may they whose love is given to you do well.
Isaiah 29:8And it will be like a man desiring food, and dreaming that he is feasting; but when he is awake there is nothing in his mouth: or like a man in need of water, dreaming that he is drinking; but when he is awake he is feeble and his soul is full of desire: so will all the nations be which make war on Mount Zion.
Isaiah 37:28But I have knowledge of your getting up and your resting, of your going out and your coming in.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 129:2-5
Domestic Happiness. 1 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: 2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me. 3 The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows. 4 The Lord is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked. The church of God, in its several ages, is here spoken of, or, rather, here speaks, as one single person, now old and gray-headed, but calling to remembrance the former days, and reflecting upon the… Read the whole commentary →