Psalms 129:1
TITLE.. SONG OF DEGREES. Same as 120. See App-67.... [ Continue Reading ]
TITLE.. SONG OF DEGREES. Same as 120. See App-67.... [ Continue Reading ]
MANY. TIME. Figure of speech _Anaphora_ (App-6), being repeated from Psalms 129:1. YET. Nevertheless. Hebrew. _gam,_ as in Psalms 119:24 ("also"); Ezekiel 16:28; Ecclesiastes 6:7. Not "reduplicated by mistake, and then spelled differently to make sense", as is alleged by modern criticism.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PLOWERS. No Art.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ RIGHTEOUS. just: i.e. in His judgments. CORDS: i.e. of bondage. Compare Psalms 2:3. THE WICKED. lawless ones. Hebrew. _rasha'._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
ZION. See App-68.... [ Continue Reading ]
AS THE GRASS. as grass. The reference in verses: Psalms 129:6; Psalms 129:7 is not to "Egyptian monuments", but to the reply of Jehovah concerning Sennacherib, which Hezekiah quotes here. Compare 2 Kings 19:25; 2 Kings 19:26; Isaiah 37:27. GROWETH UP. Either unsheatheth itself into flower, or is pl... [ Continue Reading ]
NAME. See note on Psalms 20:1.... [ Continue Reading ]