Psalms 129:8
Neither do those who go by say, “The blessing of the LORD be on you. We bless you in the LORD’s name.”
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
In Context
7with which the reaper doesn’t fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.
Cross References
Ruth 2:4Behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, “May the LORD be with you.” They answered him, “May the LORD bless you.”
Psalms 118:26Blessed is he who comes in the LORD’s name! We have blessed you out of the LORD’s house.
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 →