Psalm 129 (KJV)
Psalm 129 in the King James Version, with Matthew Henry's commentary.
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The text, King James Version
- 1Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
- 2Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
- 3The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
- 4The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
- 5Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
- 6Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
- 7Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
- 8Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.
Outline of the chapter
From Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary.
- Thankfulness for former deliverances. (verses 1-4)
- A believing prospect of the destruction of the enemies of Zion. (verses 5-8)