Verse 6
Psalms 129:6
GOD'S WORD Translation
6
Let them be as the grass on the housetops,
which withers before it grows up;
Original Language Text
hebrew
יִ֭הְיוּ כַּ/חֲצִ֣יר גַּגּ֑וֹת שֶׁ/קַּדְמַ֖ת שָׁלַ֣ף יָבֵֽשׁ
English Translation
Let them be like the greenery of rooftops that withers before it produces.
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Chapter 129 Context
1
Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up.
Let Israel now say,
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2
many times they have afflicted me from my youth up,
yet they have not prevailed against me.
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3
The plowers plowed on my back.
They made their furrows long.
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4
Yahweh is righteous.
He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.
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5
Let them be disappointed and turned backward,
all those who hate Zion.
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6
Let them be as the grass on the housetops,
which withers before it grows up;
7
with which the reaper doesn’t fill his hand,
nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.
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8
Neither do those who go by say,
“The blessing of Yahweh be on you.
We bless you in Yahweh’s name.”
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- Chapter 129 (8 verses)
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- GOD'S WORD Translation