Psalms 129

Psalms 129:1

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

Psalms 129:2

Many a 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.

Psalms 129:3

The plowers. No Art.

Psalms 129:4

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.

Psalms 129:5

Zion. See App-68.

Psalms 129:6

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)

Psalms 129:8

name. See note on Psalms 20:1.