Psalms 129:6
My soul has hoped in the Lord; 1 From the morning watch till night. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
In Context
5have I waited for thee, O Lord, 1 My soul has waited for thy word. 1
7Let Israel hope in the Lord: 1 For with the Lord is mercy, 1 And with him is plenteous redemption. 1
Cross References
2 Kings 19:26And they that dwelt in them were weak in hand, they quaked and were confounded, they became as grass of the field, or as the green herb, the grass growing on houses, and that which is trodden down by him that stands upon it.
Jeremiah 17:5Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and will lean his arm of flesh upon him, while his heart departs from 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 →