Psalms 129:6
Let them become like the grass of housetops, which, before it is pulled up, hath withered;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
In Context
5Let all who hate Zion, be ashamed and shrink back:
7Wherewith no reaper, hath filled his hand, nor binder, his bosom:
Cross References
2 Kings 19:26And, their inhabitants, being powerless, were overthrown and put to shame,—they became grass of the field, and young herbage, grass on housetops, and seed withered before it came up.
Psalms 92:7When the lawless do thrive like grass, And all the workers of iniquity have blossomed, It is that they may be destroyed for ever.
Jeremiah 17:5Thus, saith Yahweh Accursed is the man—Who trusteth in a son of earth, And hath made flesh his arm,—And whose heart from Yahweh, turneth aside:
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 →