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Psalms 129:6 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 129:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 129:66 words
HebrewMeaning
יִ֭הְיוּyihəyw
may they beverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
כַּ/חֲצִ֣ירkaḥăṣiyr
like the grass ofpronH2682
hay · herb · leek
גַּגּ֑וֹתgagwōt
roofsnounH1406
top
שֶׁ/קַּדְמַ֖תšeqadəmat
that beforeparticleH6927
antiquity · former estate
שָׁלַ֣ףšālap
it has shot upverbH8025
grow up · pluck off
יָבֵֽשׁyābēš
it has witheredverbH3001
clean · be confounded · dry · shame ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 129:6

1. The Psalm which we have sung is short: but as it is written in the Gospel of Zacchæus that he was “little of stature,” Luke 19:2-9 but mighty in works; as it is written of that widow who cast two mites into the treasury, little was the money, but great was her charity; Mark 12:42, 44 thus also this Psalm, if you count the words, is short; if you weigh the sentiments, is great....Let the Spirit of God speak, let It speak to us, let It sing to us; whether we wish or wish not…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 129
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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