George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Psalms 129:8
PSALM CXXIX. (DE PROFUNDIS.)
A prayer of a sinner trusting in the mercies of God. The 6th penitential psalm.
PSALM CXXIX. (DE PROFUNDIS.)
A prayer of a sinner trusting in the mercies of God. The 6th penitential psalm.
Verse Psalms 129:8. _NEITHER DO THEY WHICH GO BY SAY_] There is a reference here to the _salutations_ which were _given_ and _returned_ by the reapers in the time of the _harvest_. We find that it wa...
NEITHER DO THEY WHICH GO BY SAY, THE BLESSING OF THE LORD,... - As in a harvest-field, where persons passing by express their joy and gratitude that their neighbors are reaping an abundant harvest. Th...
PSALM 120-134 The Psalms of Degrees Fifteen brief Psalms follow, called songs of degrees, or, ascents. They were in all probability used by Israel going up to Jerusalem three times a year to celebrat...
CXXIX. PERSECUTED BUT NOT CAST DOWN. Psalms 129:1. Israel's tyrants compared to ploughmen who have extended their ploughing far, but Yahweh in His righteousness cut the cord which fastened the ox to...
NAME. See note on Psalms 20:1....
PSALMS 129 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Israel's Thanks for Past Deliverances, and Prayer for Continued Vindication. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 129:1-4, Israel's Experience of Vexation and Deliverance. Stanza...
Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom. WHEREWITH THE MOWER FILLETH NOT HIS HAND, NOR HE THAT BINDETH SHEAVES HIS BOSOM. The mower takes the WHEREWITH THE...
A song of deliverance in trouble and the overthrow of the wicked....
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ PSALMS 129 PSALMS FOR CLIMBING; PSALMS 120:134 Jesus said, "We wi
This harvest scene is exactly like that painted in Ruth 2:4, and the last line should be printed as a return greeting from the reapers....
וְ לֹ֤א אָֽמְר֨וּ ׀ הָ עֹבְרִ֗ים בִּרְכַּֽת ־
Psalms 129:1 THE point of view here is the same as in Psalms 124:1, with which the present psalm has much similarity both in subject and in expression. It is a retrospect of Israel's past, in which th...
This song is that of one who ascending toward the much desired place of rest and worship, looks back and sees how in the past Jehovah has delivered from sore perils. The backward look would seem to be...
(d) Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD [be] upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD. (d) That is, the wicked will perish, and none will pass for them....
REFLECTIONS PAUSE, my soul! look back and see what part thou hast borne in the afflictions of the Church. Depend upon it, among the truest evidences of the renewed life, a sincere love to Zion forms a...
These expressions are delivered in the. Spirit of prophecy; as if The sacred Writer had said, such will be the sure consequence of all Zion's foes; they must perish forever. And to which every true fo...
_GOD’S BLESSING_ ‘The blessing of the Lord be upon you.’ Psalms 129:8 I. THIS IS A PASSING SALUTATION, UTTERED BY A GOOD MAN TO HIS FELLOWS, or even upon the growing corn, the fruitful life of natu...
Psalms 129 recurs now with joy to the sorrows and trials through which the children of Zion have gone. But Jehovah is righteous, and has cut asunder the cords of the wicked. The haters of Zion (for Zi...
NEITHER DO THEY WHICH GO BY SAY, THE BLESSING OF THE LORD [BE] UPON YOU,.... As was usual with passengers, when they went by where mowers, and reapers, and binders, were at work in the field in harves...
Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD [be] upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD. Ver. 8. _Neither do they which go by say, &c._] As they use to do to harvestmen, Ruth 2:...
_Let them all be confounded_, &c. Hebrew, יבשׁו ויסגו אחור, _they shall all be confounded, and turned back_ Forced to retreat with shame and disappointment. And so in the next verse, instead of _Let t...
THE VICTORY OF THE CHURCH OVER HER ENEMIES. A song of degrees, describing the deliverances of the people of God in the past and therefore confidently asserting the overthrow of the enemies in the fut...
Neither do they which go by say, with the ancient greeting used especially by workers in the harvest, THE BLESSING OF THE LORD BE UPON YOU, whereupon the workers answered, WE BLESS YOU IN THE NAME OF...
5-8 While God's people shall flourish as the loaded palm-tree, or the green and fruitful olive, their enemies shall wither as the grass upon the house-tops, which in eastern countries are flat, and wh...
Which was a usual salutation given by passengers to reapers, as RUTH 2:4. So the meaning is, It never continues till the harvest comes....
Psalms 129:8 by H5674 (H8802) say H559 (H8804) blessing H1293 LORD H3068 bless H1288 (H8765) name...
Three Songs of degrees. Psalms 129:1. _Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me._...
CONTENTS: Prayer for destruction of all the enemies of Zion. CHARACTERS: God, Israel. CONCLUSION: God has many ways of disabling men to do their mischief against His people and of bringing their cou...
The only title of this psalm is, _a song of degrees._ The author is unknown. It contains a general reference to the troubles of Israel, and the overthrow of her enemies. Psalms 129:1. _From my youth....
_Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth._ THE PERSECUTED CONDITION OF GODLY MEN ON THIS EARTH I. As suffering under the hand of wicked persecution. The persecution here referred to was--...
_The blessing of the Lord he upon you._ MUTUAL BENEDICTION Although mutuality is beautiful, we are not to be, as Christians, dependent on it. “Bless them that curse you.” “Being reviled, we bless.”...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 129:1. This psalm reflects on what God’s people have endured and how God has sustained them. As a Song of Solomon 1:1 of Asce
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 129:5 The second section prays that such enemies will fail in their purposes (v. Psalms 129:5; see note on 25:2–3)....
INTRODUCTION This Psalm was written after the Captivity, and contains a reference to the many tribulations which the Jews passed through from their youth—_i.e._, the earliest part of their history,—t...
EXPOSITION THIS psalm consists of a retrospect (Psalms 129:1) and an anticipation (Psalms 129:5). The retrospect shows Israel oppressed by enemies for a long term of years, but finally vindicated and...
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me (Psalms 129:1-2). So here is Israel, and...
Psalms 118:26; Ruth 2:4...
The blessing — Which was an usual salutation given by passengers to reapers: so the meaning is, it never continues 'till the harvest comes....