Psalms 129:5
Let all who hate Zion, be ashamed and shrink back:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
In Context
4Yahweh, is righteous, He hath cut asunder the cords of the lawless.
6Let them become like the grass of housetops, which, before it is pulled up, hath withered;
Cross References
Nehemiah 6:16And it came to pass, when all our enemies heard, and all the nations that were round about us saw, that they fell greatly in their own eyes, and took knowledge that, from God, had this work been wrought.
Esther 9:5So then the Jews smote all their enemies, with the smiting of the sword and slaughter, and destruction,—and they dealt with them who hated them according to their pleasure.
Psalms 71:13Let them be ashamed—be consumed, Who are assailing my life,—Let them be covered with reproach and confusion, Who are seeking my hurt.
Psalms 122:6Ask ye for the peace of Jerusalem, They shall prosper, who love thee!
Isaiah 29:8Yea it shall be As when the hungry man dreameth and lo! he is eating, But he awaketh, and his soul, is empty, Or as when the thirsty man dreameth and lo! he is drinking, But he awaketh and lo! he is faint and his soul, is craving, So, shall it be with the multitude of all the nations, that have come forth to war against Mount Zion.
Isaiah 37:28Howbeit, thine abode and thy coming out and thy going in, I know,—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 →