Psalms 129:7
Let Israel hope in the Lord: 1 For with the Lord is mercy, 1 And with him is plenteous redemption. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
In Context
6My soul has hoped in the Lord; 1 From the morning watch till night. 1
8And he shall redeem Israel 1 From all his iniquities.
Cross References
Hosea 8:7for they sowed blighted seed, and their destruction shall await them, a sheaf of corn that avails not to make meal; and even if it should produce it, strangers shall devour it.
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 →