Psalms 129:8
And they who pass by do not say, “The blessing of the LORD be upon you! We bless you in the name of the LORD!”
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
7With which the reaper filleth not his hand, Nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom!
Cross References
Psalms 118:26“Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD! We bless you 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 →