“ The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked. ”
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 v...
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.
CXXIX. Persecuted but not Cast Down. Psalms 129:1-4 . Israel's tyrants compared to ploughmen who have extended their ploughing far, but Yahweh in His righteousness cut the cord which fastened the...
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.
The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked. 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...
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 hopi...
A song of deliverance in trouble and the overthrow of the wicked.
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 1...
Psalms 129:1-8 THE point of view here is the same as in Psalms 124:1-8 , with which the present psalm has much similarity both in subject and in expression. It is a retrospect of Israel's past, i...
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 b...
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 ; J...
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 delive...
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 persecut...
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 th...
Domestic Happiness. A song of degrees. 1 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: 2 M...
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 sam...
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,—...
Three Songs of degrees. Psalms 129:1-19 . 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 agains...
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 you...
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-...
EXPOSITION THIS psalm consists of a retrospect ( Psalms 129:1-19 ) and an anticipation ( Psalms 129:5-19 ). The retrospect shows Israel oppressed by enemies for a long term of years, but final...
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...
Daniel 9:7 ; Ezra 9:15 ; Lamentations 1:18 ; Lamentations 3:22 ; Nehemiah 9:33 ; Psalms 124:6 ; Psalms 124:7 ; Psalms 140:5-11
Righteous — Faithful or merciful. The cords — Wherewith the plow was drawn. By these cords he understands all their plots and endeavours.