Psalms 129:5
have I waited for thee, O Lord, my soul has waited for thy word.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
In Context
4For with thee is + 129:4 Or, propitiation.forgiveness: for thy + 129:4 See Gen. 31. 53.name's sake
6My soul has hoped in the Lord; from the morning watch till night.
Cross References
Nehemiah 6:16And it came to pass, when all our enemies heard of it, that all the nations round about us feared, and great alarm fell upon them, and they knew that it was of our God that this work should be finished.
Psalms 71:13He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall deliver the souls of the needy.
Isaiah 29:8And as men drink and eat in sleep, and when they have arisen, the dream is vain: and as a thirsty man dreams as if he drank, and having arisen is still thirsty, and his soul has desired in vain: so shall be the wealth of all the nations, as many as have fought against the mount Sion.
Isaiah 37:28But now I know thy rest, and thy going out, and thy 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 →