Psalms 129:8
And those who go by do not say, The blessing of the Lord be on you; we give you blessing in the name of the Lord.
Bible in Basic English
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In Context
7He who gets in the grain has no use for it; and they do not make bands of it for the grain-stems.
Cross References
Ruth 2:4And Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and said to the grain-cutters, The Lord be with you. And they made answer, The Lord give you his blessing.
Psalms 118:26A blessing be on him who comes in the name of the Lord; we give you blessing from the house of the Lord.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 129:6-8
God's Regard to His Church. 5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion. 6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up: 7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom. 8 Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we bless you in the name of the Lord . The psalmist, having triumphed in the defeat of the many designs that had been laid as deep as hell to ruin the church, here concludes his psalm as… Read the whole commentary →