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WHEREWITH THE MOWER FILLETH NOT HIS HAND - It cannot be gathered and
laid up for the use of cattle, as grass can that grows in the field.
It is valueless for any such purpose; or, is utterly worthless...
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PSALM 120-134
The Psalms of Degrees
Fifteen brief Psalms follow, called songs of degrees, or, ascents.
They were in all probability used by Israel going up to Jerusalem
three times a year to celebrat...
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CXXIX. PERSECUTED BUT NOT CAST DOWN.
Psalms 129:1. Israel's tyrants compared to ploughmen who have extended
their ploughing far, but Yahweh in His righteousness cut the cord
which fastened the ox to...
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PSALMS 129
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
Israel's Thanks for Past Deliverances, and
Prayer for Continued Vindication.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 129:1-4, Israel's Experience of Vexation and
Deliverance. Stanza...
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Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves
his bosom.
WHEREWITH THE MOWER FILLETH NOT HIS HAND, NOR HE THAT BINDETH SHEAVES
HIS BOSOM. The mower takes the WHEREWITH THE...
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A song of deliverance in trouble and the overthrow of the wicked....
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Psalms 107:150
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
PSALMS 129
PSALMS FOR CLIMBING;
PSALMS 120:134
Jesus said, "We wi
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שֶׁ לֹּ֤א מִלֵּ֖א כַפֹּ֥ו קֹוצֵ֗ר וְ
חִצְנֹ֥ו
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Psalms 129:1
THE point of view here is the same as in Psalms 124:1, with which the
present psalm has much similarity both in subject and in expression.
It is a retrospect of Israel's past, in which th...
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This song is that of one who ascending toward the much desired place
of rest and worship, looks back and sees how in the past Jehovah has
delivered from sore perils. The backward look would seem to be...
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These expressions are delivered in the. Spirit of prophecy; as if The
sacred Writer had said, such will be the sure consequence of all
Zion's foes; they must perish forever. And to which every true
fo...
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7_With which the mower hath not filled his hand. _(116) We have here
an additional confirmation of the truth, that although the wicked
mount high or elevate themselves, and form an extravagant opinion...
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Psalms 129 recurs now with joy to the sorrows and trials through which
the children of Zion have gone. But Jehovah is righteous, and has cut
asunder the cords of the wicked. The haters of Zion (for Zi...
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WHEREWITH THE MOWER FILLETH NOT HIS HAND,.... Such grass never rises
high enough to be mowed, nor is of that account to have such pains
taken with it; nor the quantity so large as to fill a mower's ha...
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Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves
his bosom.
Ver. 7. _Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand_] As holding it not
worth gathering in. Wicked men are useless creat...
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_Let them all be confounded_, &c. Hebrew, יבשׁו ויסגו
אחור, _they shall all be confounded, and turned back_ Forced to
retreat with shame and disappointment. And so in the next verse,
instead of _Let t...
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THE VICTORY OF THE CHURCH OVER HER ENEMIES.
A song of degrees, describing the deliverances of the people of God in
the past and therefore confidently asserting the overthrow of the
enemies in the fut...
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wherewith the mower filleth not his hand, since it is not worthwhile
to pluck the few stalks, NOR HE THAT BINDETH SHEAVES HIS BOSOM, the
amount being too small to carry home and the quality poor....
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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 wh...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Psalms 129:7 reaper H7114 (H8802) fill H4390 (H8765) hand H3709
sheaves H6014 (H8764) arms H2683
he
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Three Songs of degrees.
Psalms 129:1. _Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may
Israel now say: many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet
they have not prevailed against me._...
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CONTENTS: Prayer for destruction of all the enemies of Zion.
CHARACTERS: God, Israel.
CONCLUSION: God has many ways of disabling men to do their mischief
against His people and of bringing their cou...
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The only title of this psalm is, _a song of degrees._ The author is
unknown. It contains a general reference to the troubles of Israel,
and the overthrow of her enemies.
Psalms 129:1. _From my youth....
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_Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth._
THE PERSECUTED CONDITION OF GODLY MEN ON THIS EARTH
I. As suffering under the hand of wicked persecution. The persecution
here referred to was--...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 129:1. This psalm reflects on what
God’s people have endured and how God has sustained them. As a Song
of Solomon 1:1 of Asce
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 129:5 The second section prays that such
enemies will fail in their purposes (v. Psalms 129:5; see note on
25:2–3)....
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INTRODUCTION
This Psalm was written after the Captivity, and contains a reference
to the many tribulations which the Jews passed through from their
youth—_i.e._, the earliest part of their history,—t...
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EXPOSITION
THIS psalm consists of a retrospect (Psalms 129:1) and an anticipation
(Psalms 129:5). The retrospect shows Israel oppressed by enemies for a
long term of years, but finally vindicated and...
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Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not
prevailed against me (Psalms 129:1-2).
So here is Israel, and...
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Galatians 6:8; Hosea 8:7; Isaiah 17:10; Isaiah 17:11; Psalms 126:6...