Psalms 129:7
with which the reaper doesn’t fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
In Context
6Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,
Cross References
Psalms 126:6He who goes out weeping, carrying seed for sowing, will certainly come again with joy, carrying his sheaves.
Hosea 8:7For they sow the wind, and they will reap the whirlwind. He has no standing grain. The stalk will yield no head. If it does yield, strangers will swallow it up.
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 →