Psalms 129:6

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 comes to maturity. And so all their designs shall be abortive, and never come to perfection.

Related Commentaries of 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 germinat...
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 app...
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...
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 concern...
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...
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 withere...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

A song of deliverance in trouble and the overthrow of the wicked.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Afore it groweth up ] better, 'before it is plucked,' or, 'before it is unsheathed,' i.e. before it shoots into blossom. 8 . Cp. Ruth 2:4 .
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 r...
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...
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 f...
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; t...
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 plast...
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 wi...
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 disa...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

God's Regard to His Church. 5 Let them all be confounded and turned b...
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...
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...
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 overt...
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...
The Biblical Illustrator

Let them be as the grass upon the housetops. The unholy life Such a life is-- I. Transient (verse 6). Wickedness is inimical to longevity. W...
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 oppres...
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 confiden...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, the grass that sprouts in the thin soil blown or carried on the flat roofs of Oriental houses, which wi...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 17:5 ; Jeremiah 17:6 ; Matthew 13:6 ; Psalms 37:2 ; Psalms 92:7
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.

⁶ Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:

Related Commentaries of Psalms 129:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 129:6