Psalms 129:6
They are as grass of the roofs, That before it was drawn out withereth,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
In Context
5Confounded and turn backward do all hating Zion.
7That hath not filled the hand of a reaper, And the bosom of a binder of sheaves.
Cross References
2 Kings 19:26And their inhabitants [are] feeble-handed, They were broken down, and are dried up, They have been the herb of the field, And the greenness of the tender grass, Grass of the roofs, And blasted corn — before it hath risen up!
Psalms 92:7When the wicked flourish as a herb, And blossom do all workers of iniquity — For their being destroyed for ever and ever!
Jeremiah 17:5Thus said Jehovah: Cursed [is] the man who doth trust in man, And hath made flesh his arm, And from Jehovah whose heart turneth.
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 →