Psalms 129 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Title.. Song of degrees. Same as 120. See App-67.

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.

The plowers. No Art.

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.

Zion. See App-68.

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 plucked up (as Septuagint and Vulgate)

name. See note on Psalms 20:1.