Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Psalms 129
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Psalms129:3-4
3-4. The ploughing is a figure of scourging, which most severe physical infliction aptly represents all kinds.
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Psalms129:5-6
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.
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Psalms129:1-2
PSALM 129
Psa 129:1-8. The people of God, often delivered from enemies, are confident of His favor, by their overthrow in the future.
1-2. may Israel now say--or, "oh! let Israel say" (Psa 124:1). Israel's youth was the sojourn in Egypt (Jr 2:2; Ho 2:15).
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