Psalms 129:6 · KJV
“Let them be as the grass {upon} the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:”
— Psalms 129:6
Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
Psalms 129 — Context
The LORD {is} righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
5Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
6Let them be as the grass {upon} the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
7Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
8Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD {be} upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.
Cross References
Psalms 37:2
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
Jeremiah 17:5-6
Thus saith the LORD; Cursed {be} the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
Isaiah 37:27
Therefore their inhabitants {were} of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were {as} the grass of the field, and {as} the green herb, {as} the grass on the housetops, and {as corn} blasted before it be grown up. {of small...: Heb. short of hand}
2 Kings 19:26
Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were {as} the grass of the field, and {as} the green herb, {as} the grass on the housetops, and {as corn} blasted before it be grown up. {of small...: Heb. short of hand}
Psalms 92:7
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; {it is} that they shall be destroyed for ever:
Matthew 13:6
And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.