Psalms 129:5
They that hate Zion, shalbe all ashamed and turned backward.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
In Context
4But the righteous Lord hath cut the cordes of the wicked.
6They shalbe as the grasse on the house tops, which withereth afore it commeth forth.
Cross References
Nehemiah 6:16And when all our enemies heard thereof, euen all the heathen that were about vs, they were afraid, and their courage failed them: for they knew, that this worke was wrought by our God.
Esther 9:5Thus the Iewes smote all their enemies with strokes of the sworde and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they woulde vnto those that hated them.
Psalms 71:13Let them be confounded and consumed that are against my soule: let them be couered with reproofe and confusion, that seeke mine hurt.
Psalms 122:6Pray for the peace of Ierusalem: let them prosper that loue thee.
Isaiah 29:8And it shalbe like as an hungry man dreameth, and beholde, he eateth: and when he awaketh, his soule is emptie: or like as a thirsty man dreameth, and loe, he is drinking, and when he awaketh, beholde, he is faint, and his soule longeth: so shall the multitude of all nations be that fight against mount Zion.
Isaiah 37:28But I know thy dwelling, and thy going out, and thy comming in, and thy fury 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 →