Psalms 129:5
Let them be ashamed and turned backward, all that hate Zion;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
In Context
4Jehovah is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
6Let them be as the grass upon the house-tops, which withereth before it is plucked up,
Cross References
Nehemiah 6:16And it came to pass that when all our enemies heard [of it], all the nations that were about us were afraid and were much cast down in their own eyes, and they perceived that this work was wrought by our God.
Esther 9:5And the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword and slaughter and destruction, and did what they would to those that hated them.
Psalms 71:13Let them be ashamed, let them be consumed, that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
Psalms 122:6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
Isaiah 29:8It shall even be as when the hungry dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; and he awaketh, and his soul is empty; or as when the thirsty dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; and he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul craveth: so shall the multitude of all the nations be that war against mount Zion.
Isaiah 37:28But I know thine abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy raging 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 →