Geneva Study Bible <> Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may {a} Israel now say:
(a) The Church now afflicted should remember how her condition has always been such from the beginning to be molested most grievously by the wicked, yet in time it has always been delivered. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows. The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked. The LORD is {b} righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
(b) Because God is righteous, he cannot but plague his adversary, and deliver his as oxen out of the plough. Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion. Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up: {c} Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
(c) The enemies who lift themselves high, and as it were approach the Sun, are consumed with the heat of God's wrath, because they are not grounded in godly humility. 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.
Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD. {d} Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD. (d) That is, the wicked will perish, and none will pass for them. The Geneva Bible Translation Notes [1599] Bible Hub |
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