Psalms 129:8
Nor do they who pass by say, The blessing of the Lord be with you: we bless you in the name of the Lord.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
7Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor his arm he that bindeth sheaves.
Cross References
Ruth 2:4And, behold, Bo'az came from Beth-lechem, and he said unto the reapers, The Lord be with you. And they said unto him, May the Lord bless thee.
Psalms 118:26Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord: we bless you out of 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 →