Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 129:4
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.
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.
Verse Psalms 129:4. _THE LORD-HATH CUT ASUNDER THE CORDS OF THE WICKED._] The words have been applied to the sufferings of Christ; but I know not on what authority. No such scourging could take place...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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
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...
יְהוָ֥ה צַדִּ֑יק קִ֝צֵּ֗ץ עֲבֹ֣ות רְשָׁעִֽים׃...
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...
_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)...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
_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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
Psalms 129:4 LORD H3068 righteous H6662 pieces H7112 (H8765) cords H5688 wicked H7563 The Lord - E
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 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...
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
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...
Daniel 9:7; Ezra 9:15; Lamentations 1:18; Lamentations 3:22; Nehe
Righteous — Faithful or merciful. The cords — Wherewith the plow was drawn. By these cords he understands all their plots and endeavours....