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THE LORD IS RIGHTEOUS - Righteous in permitting this; righteous in
what he has done, and will do, in the treatment of those who inflict
such wrongs. We may now safely commit our cause to him in view o...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
THE LORD IS RIGHTEOUS: HE HATH CUT ASUNDER THE CORDS OF THE WICKED.
The righteousness of God is His people's ground of hoping del...
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A song of deliverance in trouble and the overthrow of the wicked....
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Psalms 107:150
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
PSALMS 129
PSALMS FOR CLIMBING;
PSALMS 120:134
Jesus said, "We wi
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THE LORD IS RIGHTEOUS. — This expression of faith, introduced
without any conjunction, is itself a revelation of the deeply-rooted
religion of Israel.
CORDS. — Literally, _cord._ As in Psalms 124:7, t...
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יְהוָ֥ה צַדִּ֑יק קִ֝צֵּ֗ץ עֲבֹ֣ות
רְשָׁעִֽים׃...
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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...
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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...
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The LORD [is] (b) righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the
wicked.
(b) Because God is righteous, he cannot but plague his adversary, and
deliver his as oxen out of the plough....
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_Law. That promises of pardon contained therein. (Worthington) ---
Hebrew is now different from what the ancient interpreters read.
(Calmet) --- "Therefore shalt thou be feared." (Montanus) (Haydock)...
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Surely here we find Christ most emphatically pointed out: Jesus, the
Prophet, described as giving his back to the smiters; and in the hall
of Pilate we know that Jesus was scourged. Isaiah 50:6; John...
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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...
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THE LORD [IS] RIGHTEOUS,.... Or gracious and merciful; hence acts of
mercy are called righteousness in the Hebrew language; the Lord has
compassion on his people under their afflictions, and delivers...
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_The LORD [is] righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the
wicked._
Ver. 4. _The Lord is righteous_] That is a ruled case, and must be
held for a certain truth, whatever we are, or our persecutor...
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_The ploughers ploughed upon my back_ They not only threw me down and
trod me under foot, but cruelly wounded, mangled, and tormented me,
and had no more pity upon me than the plough-man hath upon the...
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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...
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The Lord is righteous, also in His judgment upon the wicked; HE HATH
CUT ASUNDER THE CORDS OF THE WICKED, with which they tried to hold
Israel in captivity. From the deliverance thus experienced the
p...
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1-4 The enemies of God's people have very barbarously endeavoured to
wear out the saints of the Most High. But the church has been always
graciously delivered. Christ has built his church upon a rock....
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RIGHTEOUS; faithful or merciful, as that word is frequently used. CUT
ASUNDER THE CORDS wherewith the plough was drawn; by which means they
were stopped in their course. So he persists in the same met...
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Psalms 129:4 LORD H3068 righteous H6662 pieces H7112 (H8765) cords
H5688 wicked H7563
The Lord - E
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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._...
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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...
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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....
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_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--...
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_The cords of the wicked._
CUMULATIVE POWER OF CORDS OF SIN
“The other day,” says the Rev. F. B. Meyer, “I had to address
some two thousand children, and, fearing that I might fail to secure
their at...
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Daniel 9:7; Ezra 9:15; Lamentations 1:18; Lamentations 3:22; Nehe
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Righteous — Faithful or merciful. The cords — Wherewith the plow
was drawn. By these cords he understands all their plots and
endeavours....