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PSA 129:1
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PSA 129:3
Psalms 129:3. The ploughers ploughed, &c.— That is, "They reduced us to a state of abject slavery, and used us most cruelly in it. The ploughers ploughed, &c. they scourged us so severely, that the marks remained for a long while after, like the traces of a plough; and in this were represented the sufferings of the Lord Christ, who would meet with the like inhuman treatment." The same idea is continued in the next verse: The cords, rendered by Green the plough cords, mean those with which the yokes were tied. The sense is, "God hath delivered us from the yoke and tyranny of our enemies."
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Psalms 129:0.
An exhortation to praise God, for saving Israel in their great afflictions. The haters of the church are cursed.
A Song of Degrees. Title. המעלות שׁיר Shiir hammangaloth.] This psalm is thought to have been written by Ezra, at the return of the Jews from their captivity: and then they that hate Zion, Psa 5:5 may well be supposed to mean the neighbouring nations, who maliciously obstructed the Jews in rebuilding their city.
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