Bible Commentaries
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Psalms 129
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.
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.
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)
name. See note on Psalms 20:1.
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