New American Standard Bible 2020
Psalms 129:5
Psalms 129:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
- New International Version (NIV)May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.
- English Standard Version (ESV)May all who hate Zion be put to shame and turned backward!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Let all those who hate Zion Be put to shame and turned back.
Context of Psalms 129:5
3The plowers plowed upon my back; They lengthened their furrows.” 4The Lord is righteous; He has cut up the ropes of the wicked. May all who hate Zion Be put to shame and turned backward; 6May they be like grass upon the housetops, Which withers before it grows up; 7With which the harvester does not fill his hand, Or the binder of sheaves his arms;
Read all of Psalms 129Psalms 129:5 word by word
יֵ֭בֹשׁוּ וְיִסֹּ֣גוּ אָח֑וֹר כֹּ֝֗ל שֹׂנְאֵ֥י צִיּֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 129:5
- Psalms 83:4They have said, “Come, and let’s wipe them out as a nation, So that the name of Israel will no longer be remembered.”
- Psalms 122:6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May they prosper who love you.
- Esther 6:13And Haman informed Zeresh his wife and all his friends of everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, “If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of Jewish origin, you will not prevail over him, but will certainly fall before him.”
- Esther 9:5So the Jews struck all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying; and they did as they pleased to those who hated them.
- Isaiah 10:12So it will be that when the Lord has completed all His work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the arrogant pride of his eyes.”
- Isaiah 37:22this is the word that the Lord has spoken against him: “She has shown contempt for you and derided you, The virgin daughter of Zion; The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head behind you!
- Zechariah 1:14So the angel who was speaking with me said to me, “Proclaim, saying, ‘This is what the Lord of armies says: “I am exceedingly jealous for Jerusalem and Zion.
- Zechariah 12:3It will come about on that day that I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who lift it will injure themselves severely. And all the nations of the earth will be gathered against it.
- 1 Corinthians 16:22If anyone does not love the Lord, he is to be accursed. Maranatha!
Commentaries on Psalms 129:5
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Let them all be confounded and turned back - This might be rendered in the indicative, “they are ashamed,” but the connection seems to require the rendering in our version. It is a prayer that God would now interpose as he had done in former times, and that he would cause all the haters of Zion to be put to shame as formerly.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-8Verses 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 what grows there never ripens; so it is with the designs of God's enemies. No wise man will pray the Lord to bless these mowers or reapers. And when we remember how Jesus arose and reigns; how his people have been supported, like the burning but…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-8The psalmist briefly reviews Israel’s history of trouble (Psalm 129:1–2) and redemption (129:3–4). He ends with curses against the enemies and blessings on the godly (Psalm 129:5–6).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-65-6. The ill-rooted roof grass, which withers before it grows up and procures for those gathering it no harvest blessing (Ru 2:4), sets forth the utter uselessness and the rejection of the wicked.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 129
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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