The Meaning of Psalms 129:5 Explained

Psalms 129:5

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

YLT: Confounded and turn backward do all hating Zion.

Darby: Let them be ashamed and turned backward, all that hate Zion;

ASV: Let them be put to shame and turned backward, All they that hate Zion.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Psalms 129:5 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Psalms 129

1  An exhortation to praise God for saving Israel in their great afflictions
5  The haters of the church are cursed

What do the individual words in Psalms 129:5 mean?

Be put to shame and turned back all let those who hate Zion
יֵ֭בֹשׁוּ וְיִסֹּ֣גוּ אָח֑וֹר כֹּ֝֗ל שֹׂנְאֵ֥י צִיּֽוֹן

יֵ֭בֹשׁוּ  Be  put  to  shame 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: בֹּושׁ 
Sense: to put to shame, be ashamed, be disconcerted, be disappointed.
וְיִסֹּ֣גוּ  and  turned 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Conjunctive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: סוּג  
Sense: to move, go, turn back, move away, backslide.
אָח֑וֹר  back 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָחֹור  
Sense: the back side, the rear.
שֹׂנְאֵ֥י  let  those  who  hate 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct
Root: שָׂנֵא  
Sense: to hate, be hateful.
צִיּֽוֹן  Zion 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: צִיּׄון  
Sense: another name for Jerusalem especially in the prophetic books.