Psalms 129 · Verse 5

Psalms 129:5

Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
Psalms 129:5, King James Version

Psalms 129:5 in other translations

BSBMay all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.
WEBLet them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who hate Zion.
ASVLet them be put to shame and turned backward, All they that hate Zion.
YLTConfounded and turn backward do all hating Zion.
DARBYLet them be ashamed and turned backward, all that hate Zion;
BBELet all the haters of Zion be shamed and turned back.
WebsterLet them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

What does Psalms 129:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 129:5-6
5-6. The ill-rooted roof grass, which withers before it grows up and procures for those gathering it no harvest blessing (Ru 2:4), sets forth the utter uselessness and the rejection of the wicked.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 Let them all be confounded - They shall be confounded. They who hate Zion, the Church of God, hate God himself; and all such must be dealt with as enemies, and be utterly confounded.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 129:5-8
While God's people shall flourish as the loaded palm-tree, or the green and fruitful olive, their enemies shall wither as the grass upon the house-tops, which in eastern countries are flat, and what grows there never ripens; so it is with the designs of God's enemies. No wise man will pray the Lord to bless these mowers or reapers. And when we remember how Jesus arose and reigns; how his people have been supported, like the burning but unconsumed bush, we shall not fear.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Psalms 129:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יֵ֭בֹשׁוּYe.vo.shumay they be ashamedH954
וְיִסֹּ֣גוּve.yi.So.guand they may be turned backH5472
אָח֑וֹר'a.ChorbackwardH268
כֹּ֝֗לKolallH3605
שֹׂנְאֵ֥יso.ne.'Ei[those who] hateH8130
צִיּֽוֹן\׃tzi.Yon<of> ZionH6726

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 129:5

  • Psalms 71:13

    Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.

  • Isaiah 37:35

    For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.

  • Zechariah 12:3

    And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it.

  • Isaiah 10:12

    Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.

  • Isaiah 37:22

    This is the word which the Lord hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.

  • Psalms 83:4-11

    They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee: The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes; Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre; …

  • Esther 6:13

    And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.

  • Zechariah 12:6

    In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.

  • Zechariah 1:14-17

    So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy. And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction. Therefore thus saith the Lord; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the Lord of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem. Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the Lord shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.

  • Micah 4:11

    Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion.

  • Isaiah 37:28-29

    But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me. Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

  • Psalms 122:6

    Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
be confounded.
83:4-11; 122:6; Es 6:13; 9:5; Isa 10:12; 37:22,28,29,35
Zec 1:14-17; 12:3,6; 1Co 16:22

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 129:4

    The Lord is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

  • Psalms 129:5

    Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

  • Psalms 129:6

    Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:

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Psalms 129:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Serán avergonzados y vueltos atrás todos los que aborrecen á Sión.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Qu’ils soient couverts de honte, et se retirent en arrière, tous ceux qui haïssent Sion.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Mögen beschämt werden und zurückweichen alle, die Zion hassen!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
speravit anima mea in Domino.