King James Version

What Does Psalms 129:5 Mean?

Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

Context

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.

5

Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

6

Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:

7

Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
15-17. God's favor to the Church will affect her persecutors with fear.

Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, David Brown. Public Domain.

Historical Context

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Theological Significance

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