Psalms 129:5
Let them be ashamed and turned backward, all they that hate Zion.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
In Context
4The LORD is righteous; He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.'
6Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it springeth up;
Cross References
Nehemiah 6:16And it came to pass, when all our enemies heard thereof, that all the nations that were about us feared, and were much cast down in their own eyes; for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God.
Esther 9:5And the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and with slaughter and destruction, and did what they would unto them that hated them.
Psalms 71:13Let them be ashamed and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and confusion that seek my hurt.
Psalms 122:6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem; may they prosper that love thee.
Isaiah 29:8And it shall be as when a hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth, but he awaketh, and his soul is empty; or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh, but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite — so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.
Isaiah 37:28But I know thy sitting down, 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 →