Psalms 129:5

Forced to retreat with shame and disappointment.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 129:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Let them all be confounded and turned back ... - This might be rendered in the indicative, “they are ashamed,” but the connection seems to requir...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Zion. See App-68.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5. All who hate Zion shall be confounded, and tutored backward. Whether we take this as a prayer or a promise, the Prophet has a respect to...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion. Let them all be confounded - They shall be confounded. They who hate Zion, the Church of G...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Let them— Or, They shall. And so in the next verse, the last clause of which may be rendered, Which withereth before it be plucked up. Mr. Maun...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion. Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion - ( Psalms 35:4 .) Faith...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

A song of deliverance in trouble and the overthrow of the wicked.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 f...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

These expressions are delivered in the. Spirit of prophecy; as if The sacred Writer had said, such will be the sure consequence of all Zion's foes; t...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Let them all be confounded ,.... Or "ashamed": as all the enemies of God's people will be sooner or later, either in this world, or however when Chr...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion. Ver. 5. Let them all be confounded, &c. ] And if those that hate Zion, how much mor...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Let them all be confounded , &c. Hebrew, יבשׁו ויסגו אחור, they shall all be confounded, and turned back Forced to retreat with shame and disa...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

God's Regard to His Church. 5 Let them all be confounded and turned b...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION This Psalm was written after the Captivity, and contains a reference to the many tribulations which the Jews passed through from their...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 overt...
The Biblical Illustrator

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...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THIS psalm consists of a retrospect ( Psalms 129:1-19 ) and an anticipation ( Psalms 129:5-19 ). The retrospect shows Israel oppres...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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 confiden...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Let them all be confounded, covered with shame and disgrace, and turned back, hindered from accomplishing their wicked designs, that hate Zion (t...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 16:22 ; Esther 6:13 ; Esther 9:5 ; Isaiah 10:12 ; Isaiah 37:22 ; Isaiah 37:28 ; Isaiah 37:29 ; Isaiah 37:35 ; Psalms 83:4-1 ;...

⁵ Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 129:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 129:5