02.129. Psalm 129

Psalms 129:1-8 A Song of degrees.

Whether this psalm was penned when David brought up the ark of God to Mount Zion, 2 Samuel 6:1-23, or relates to the Chaldean captivity, is uncertain. In it, the people of God, (1.) Look back on their often-repeated tribulations, with thankfulness to God for their deliverances from Egypt, and from their oppressors under the Judges, Saul, etc., Psalms 129:1-4. (2.) They look forward, with a believing prayer for, and prospect of the destruction of all their implacable enemies, Psalms 129:5-8.

While I sing, let me not only be affected with what the Lord did for the Jewish, but chiefly with what he hath done for the gospel church: and let me, in faith, cry for, and expect the downfall of Antichrist, and of all other enemies of Christ and his church.