Psalms 129:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up: ”

Psalms 129:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Let 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 dep...
Psalms 129:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(c) Let them be as the grass [upon] the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up: (c) The enemies who lift themselves high, and as it were approach the Sun, are consumed with the heat of God's...
Psalms 129:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

CXXIX. Persecuted but not Cast Down. Psalms 129:1-4 . Israel's tyrants compared to ploughmen who have extended their ploughing far, but Yahweh in His righteousness cut the cord which fastened the...
Psalms 129:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

as the grass . as grass. The reference in verses: Psalms 129:6 ; Psalms 129:7 is not to "Egyptian monuments", but to the reply of Jehovah concerning Sennacherib, which Hezekiah quotes here. Compa...
Psalms 129:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up: As the grass upon the housetops - As in the east the roofs of the houses were flat, seeds of various kinds falling...
Psalms 129:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up: Let them be as the grass upon the house-tops, which withereth afore it groweth up - ( Psalms 37:2 ; Isaiah 3...
Psalms 129:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

A song of deliverance in trouble and the overthrow of the wicked.
Psalms 129:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Which withereth afore it groweth up. — This clause, with its Aramaic colouring, probably contains a textual error. The context seems certainly to require the meaning “before it is plucked up,” and...
Psalms 129:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 129:1-8 THE point of view here is the same as in Psalms 124:1-8 , with which the present psalm has much similarity both in subject and in expression. It is a retrospect of Israel's past, i...
Psalms 129:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This song is that of one who ascending toward the much desired place of rest and worship, looks back and sees how in the past Jehovah has delivered from sore perils. The backward look would seem to b...
Psalms 129:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

These expressions are delivered in the. Spirit of prophecy; as if The sacred Writer had said, such will be the sure consequence of all Zion's foes; they must perish forever. And to which every true f...
Psalms 129:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Let them be as the grass [upon] the housetops ,.... The tops of the houses in Judea were flat, and so grass grew upon them, being covered with plaster of terrace; though it was but small and weak, a...
Psalms 129:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Let them be as the grass [upon] the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up: Ver. 6. Let them be as the grass, &c. ] They are cursed with a witness whom the Holy Ghost thus curseth in s...
Psalms 129:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Let them all be confounded , &c. Hebrew, יבשׁו ויסגו אחור, they shall all be confounded, and turned back Forced to retreat with shame and disappointment. And so in the next verse, instead of...
Psalms 129:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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...
Psalms 129:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The house-tops there were flat, and therefore more capable of grass or green corn growing between the stones than ours are. Which withereth afore it groweth up; which having no deep root, never c...
Psalms 129:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION This Psalm was written after the Captivity, and contains a reference to the many tribulations which the Jews passed through from their youth— i.e. , the earliest part of their history,—...
Psalms 129:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Three Songs of degrees. Psalms 129:1-19 . Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed agains...
Psalms 129:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The only title of this psalm is, a song of degrees. The author is unknown. It contains a general reference to the troubles of Israel, and the overthrow of her enemies. Psalms 129:1 . From my you...
Psalms 129:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth. The persecuted condition of godly men on this earth I. As suffering under the hand of wicked persecution. The persecution here referred to was-...
Psalms 129:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THIS psalm consists of a retrospect ( Psalms 129:1-19 ) and an anticipation ( Psalms 129:5-19 ). The retrospect shows Israel oppressed by enemies for a long term of years, but final...
Psalms 129:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Victory of the Church over Her Enemies. A song of degrees, describing the deliverances of the people of God in the past and therefore confidently asserting the overthrow of the enemies in the...
Psalms 129:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 17:5 ; Jeremiah 17:6 ; Matthew 13:6 ; Psalms 37:2 ; Psalms 92:7
Psalms 129:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

House — tops — Which there were flat. Which — Having no deep root, never comes to maturity. And so all their designs shall be abortive.

Psalms 129:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 129:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 129:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 129:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 129:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 129:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 129:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 129:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 129:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 129:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 129:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 129:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 129:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 129:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 129:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 129:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 129:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 129:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 129:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 129:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 129:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 129:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 129:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 129:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes