Psalms 129:5
My soul has hoped in the Lord.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
In Context
6From the morning watch, even until night, let Israel hope in the Lord.
Cross References
Nehemiah 6:16Then it happened that, when all our enemies had heard of it, all the nations that were around us were afraid, and they were downcast within themselves. For they knew that this work had been accomplished by God.
Esther 9:5And so the Jews struck their enemies like a great plague and killed them, repaying according to what they had prepared to do to them,
Psalms 71:13He will spare the poor and the indigent, and he will bring salvation to the souls of the poor.
Isaiah 29:8And it will be like one who is hungry and dreams of eating, but, when he has been awakened, his soul is empty. And it will be like one who is thirsty and dreams of drinking, but, after he has been awakened, he still languishes in thirst, and his soul is empty. So shall the multitude of all the nations be, who have struggled against Mount Zion.
Isaiah 37:28I know your habitation, and your arrival, and your departure, and your madness against me.
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 →