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Psalms 129:6
6May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,
Psalms 129:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
- New International Version (NIV)May they be like grass on the roof, which withers before it can grow;
- English Standard Version (ESV)Let them be like the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Let them be as the grass on the housetops, Which withers before it grows up,
Context of Psalms 129:6
4The LORD is righteous; He has cut me from the cords of the wicked. 5May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame. May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow, 7unable to fill the hands of the reaper, or the arms of the binder of sheaves. 8May none who pass by say to them, “The blessing of the LORD be on you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.”
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יִ֭הְיוּ כַּחֲצִ֣יר גַּגּ֑וֹת שֶׁקַּדְמַ֖ת שָׁלַ֣ף יָבֵֽשׁ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 129:6
- Psalms 37:2For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants.
- Psalms 92:7that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.
- Jeremiah 17:5This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes mere flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
- Matthew 13:6But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.
Commentaries on Psalms 129:6
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Let them be as the grass upon the housetops - The housetops, or roofs of houses, covered with sand or earth, in which seeds of grass may germinate and begin to grow, but where, as there is no depth of earth, and as the heat of the sun there would be intense, it would soon wither away. See the notes at Isaiah 37:27. Which withereth afore it groweth up - This, even if it has any meaning, is not the meaning of the original. The idea in the Hebrew is - and it…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-8Verses 5-8 While God's people shall flourish as the loaded palm-tree, or the green and fruitful olive, their enemies shall wither as the grass upon the house-tops, which in eastern countries are flat, and what grows there never ripens; so it is with the designs of God's enemies. No wise man will pray the Lord to bless these mowers or reapers. And when we remember how Jesus arose and reigns; how his people have been supported, like the burning but…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-8Grass on a rooftop had shallow roots and would scorch easily. A crop was ignored by the harvester when the yield was low. The enemies who had sown hurt among God’s people would gain little.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-65-6. The ill-rooted roof grass, which withers before it grows up and procures for those gathering it no harvest blessing (Ru 2:4), sets forth the utter uselessness and the rejection of the wicked.Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 6which, before it is plucked, withers Which, before they pluck it and uproot it from its place, is withered.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 129
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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