시편 129:5-8 KRV

Sin a failure. Neither the violence of sin against others nor its effort on its own behalf is successful. I. THE FAILURE OF ITS VIOLENCE . The enemies of Israel are regarded as the enemies of the Lord; their attempts to despoil and destroy Israel were sins against God. They consequently proved to be utter failures. They were mercilessly cruel; they "ploughed upon the back, and made long their furrows;" they strove to enslave with their strong cords ( Psalms 129:4 ), but... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 129:1-8

The Divine life. This psalm is capable of a threefold application. It tells of the Divine life— I. IN ISRAEL . 1. The existence of the chosen people was a lifelong struggle . The sounds of battle and war are never, save but for short intervals, absent from their history. From the oppression they had to endure in Egypt right down to the time when this psalm was composed, they never lacked enemies who "fought against" them, and did them all the harm they could. 2. But... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 129:1-8

Suffering and victory. "Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth," etc. The connection is shown thus— I. THE PSALMIST SAW THE REDEMPTIVE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD AS SUPREME . ( Psalms 129:4 .) God's strength and justice surely prevail against all the devices of evil men. II. GOOD MEN PREVAIL WHEN THEY USE THEIR SUFFERING AS CORRECTIVE DISCIPLINE . Some of the greatest lessons of life are learned from our severest sufferings. "For I... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 129:5

Let them all be confounded ; or, "they shall all be confounded," or "put to shame." And turned back. Made to turn their backs upon their foes. That hate Zion . That have shown themselves enemies to Israel. The main verbs are in the future tense, but may be taken as expressive either of a wish or of a confident expectation. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 129:6

Let them be as the grass upon the housetops ; literally, they shall be as the grass of housetops . The flat roofs of Oriental houses are usually covered in early spring with a crop of bright-green grass. But the scorching rays of the sun soon burn this up, and it becomes dry and withered. Which withereth afore it groweth up ; literally, before it is unsheathed ; i . e . before the blossom has left the sheath in which it is formed. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 129:6

A new figure of the grass. Jowett says, "At Anata, the Anathoth of Scripture, I observed that the roofs of some of the houses were partially covered with grass—a circumstance which I noticed also in several other places. As the roofs of the common dwellings are flat, and, instead of being built of stone or wood, are coated with plaster or hardened earth, a slight crop of grass frequently springs up in that situation. Such vegetation, however, having no soil into which it can strike its... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 129:7

Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand . Which is so worthless that no one takes the trouble to mow it. Nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom. Much less does any one bind it into sheaves and store it away. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 129:8

Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the Lord be upon you; we bless you in the name of the Lord . Harvesters were thus greeted ( Ruth 2:4 ), and still are to this day. "These expressions," says Dr. Thomson, "are most refreshingly Arabic. Nothing is more natural than for Arabs, when passing by a fruit-tree or cornfield loaded with a rich crop, to exclaim, Barak Allah! 'God bless you!'". read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 129:8

Politeness in the harvest-field; or, right relations of employer and employed. Dr. S. Cox writes, "It is a graphic picture of an ancient harvest scene. The field is thick with waving barley. The reapers cut their way into it with sickles, grasping the ears till their arms are full. The overseer is busy urging on the reapers. Vessels filled probably with the rough local wine are at hand, that the heated and thirsty laborers may refresh themselves at need. As the day advances, the master of... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 129:1-8

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The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 129:8

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