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Verse Psalms 129:6. _AS THE GRASS_ UPON _THE HOUSETOPS_] As in the
east the roofs of the houses were _flat_, seeds of various kinds
falling upon them would naturally vegetate, though in an imperfect...
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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 depth of...
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PSALM 120-134
The Psalms of Degrees
Fifteen brief Psalms follow, called songs of degrees, or, ascents.
They were in all probability used by Israel going up to Jerusalem
three times a year to celebrat...
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CXXIX. PERSECUTED BUT NOT CAST DOWN.
Psalms 129:1. Israel's tyrants compared to ploughmen who have extended
their ploughing far, but Yahweh in His righteousness cut the cord
which fastened the ox to...
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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. Compare 2 Ki...
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PSALMS 129
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
Israel's Thanks for Past Deliverances, and
Prayer for Continued Vindication.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 129:1-4, Israel's Experience of Vexation and
Deliverance. Stanza...
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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 37:27.) Gr...
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A song of deliverance in trouble and the overthrow of the wicked....
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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....
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Psalms 107:150
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
PSALMS 129
PSALMS FOR CLIMBING;
PSALMS 120:134
Jesus said, "We wi
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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
man...
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יִ֭הְיוּ כַּ חֲצִ֣יר גַּגֹּ֑ות שֶׁ
קַּדְמַ֖ת...
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Psalms 129:1
THE point of view here is the same as in Psalms 124:1, with which the
present psalm has much similarity both in subject and in expression.
It is a retrospect of Israel's past, in which th...
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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 be...
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(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...
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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
fo...
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Psalms 129 recurs now with joy to the sorrows and trials through which
the children of Zion have gone. But Jehovah is righteous, and has cut
asunder the cords of the wicked. The haters of Zion (for Zi...
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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, and...
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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 such an...
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_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 _Let t...
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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 fut...
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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 WITHERETH AFORE IT GROWETH UP, since it lacks sufficie...
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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 wh...
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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...
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Psalms 129:6 grass H2682 housetops H1406 withers H3001 (H8804) before
H6927 up H8025 (H8804)
as the grass -...
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Three Songs of degrees.
Psalms 129:1. _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 against me._...
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CONTENTS: Prayer for destruction of all the enemies of Zion.
CHARACTERS: God, Israel.
CONCLUSION: God has many ways of disabling men to do their mischief
against His people and of bringing their cou...
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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 youth....
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_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--...
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_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. What are
all-the possessions, pleasures, the pomps, and...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 129:1. This psalm reflects on what
God’s people have endured and how God has sustained them. As a Song
of Solomon 1:1 of Asce
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 129:5 The second section prays that such
enemies will fail in their purposes (v. Psalms 129:5; see note on
25:2–3)....
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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,—t...
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EXPOSITION
THIS psalm consists of a retrospect (Psalms 129:1) and an anticipation
(Psalms 129:5). The retrospect shows Israel oppressed by enemies for a
long term of years, but finally vindicated and...
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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 against me (Psalms 129:1-2).
So here is Israel, and...
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Jeremiah 17:5; Jeremiah 17:6; Matthew 13:6; Psalms 37:2; Psalms 92:7...
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House — tops — Which there were flat. Which — Having no deep
root, never comes to maturity. And so all their designs shall be
abortive....