Psalms 129:8
whereof no one says as they pass, “The blessing of God be upon you.” In the name of the Lord we bless you.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
In Context
7which fills not the arms of the reaper, nor the lap of the binder of sheaves
Cross References
Ruth 2:4When Boaz came from Bethlehem and said to the reapers, “The Lord be with you,” they answered him, “May the Lord bless you.”
Psalms 118:26Blessed the one who enters in the name of the Lord. From the house of the Lord we bless you.
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 →