6 May they be like grass on the roof, which withers before it can grow;
6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
6 Let them be like the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,
6 Let them be like grass in shallow ground that withers before the harvest,
6 Let them be as the grass on the housetops, Which withers before it grows up,
6 May they be as useless as grass on a rooftop, turning yellow when only half grown,
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 129:6
Commentary on Psalm 129:5-8
(Read Psalm 129:5-8)
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 what grows there never ripens; so it is with the designs of God's enemies. No wise man will pray the Lord to bless these mowers or reapers. And when we remember how Jesus arose and reigns; how his people have been supported, like the burning but unconsumed bush, we shall not fear.