Psalms 129:5
Let all who are haters of Zion be put to shame and defeated.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
In Context
4But the Lord, who is righteous, has cut the cords of the wicked.”
6May they be as the grass on the house-top, which withers before it shoots up;
Cross References
Esther 9:5The Jews put all their enemies to the sword and, with slaughter and destruction, they did what they wanted to those who hated them.
Psalms 71:13Put my foes to shame and dishonor, with insult and shame be they covered.
Psalms 122:6Pray that all may be well with Jerusalem, and well with those who love you,
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 →