Psalms 129:7

Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
mower	קוֹצֵ֗ר ko.Tzer	H7114	to dock off · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
filleth	מִלֵּ֖א mi.Le'	H4390	to fill or (intransitively) be full of · verb, piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
hand	כַפּ֥וֹ kha.Po	H3709	the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
sheaves	מְעַמֵּֽר me.'a.Mer	H6014	to gather grain · verb, piel active participle, masculine singular absolute
bosom	וְחִצְנ֥וֹ ve.chitz.No	H2683	the bosom (as comprised between the arms) · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Galatians 6:8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasti…
Isaiah 17:10-11 Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant plea…
Psalms 126:6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
Hosea 8:7 For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strang…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 129:5–end

The psalmist, having triumphed in the defeat of the many designs that had been laid as deep as hell to ruin the church, here concludes his psalm as Deborah did her song, So let all thy enemies perish, O Lord! Jdg 5:31. I. There are many that hate Zion, that hate Zion's God, his worship, and his worshippers, that have an antipathy to religion and religious people, that seek the ruin of both, and do what they can that God may not have a church in the world. II. We ought to pray that all their attempts against the church may be frustrated, that in them they may be confounded and turned back with shame, as those that have not been able to bring to pass their enterprise and expectation: Let them…

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John Gill on Psalms 129:7

Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand,.... Such grass never rises high enough to be mowed, nor is of that account to have such pains taken with it; nor the quantity so large as to fill a mower's hand, and carry it away in his arms; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom; when corn is mowed or reaped, the binders come and gather it up in their arms, and bind it in sheaves, and then bring it into the barn; but nothing of this kind is done with grass on the housetops. This represents the insignificancy and worthlessness of wicked men; who, when the harvest comes, the end of the world, will not be gathered in by the reapers, the angels, into Christ's garner into heaven as the wheat, the right…

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John Calvin on Psalms 129:5–end

Psalm 129:5-8 5. All who hate Zion shall be confounded, and turned backward. 6. They shall be as the grass [111] of the housetops', which is withered before it comes forth: 7. With which the mower hath not filled his hand, nor the gleaner his bosom. [112] 8. Neither have they who pass by said, The blessing of Jehovah be upon you: we bless you in the name of Jehovah. [113] 5. All who hate Zion shall be confounded, and tutored backward. Whether we take this as a prayer or a promise, the Prophet has a respect to the time to come. Since all the verbs are in the future tense, it is certainly a very appropriate interpretation to understand him as deriving from times past instruction as to what i…

The Church Fathers

The reapers will come, but they fill not their sheaves from these. For the reapers will come, and will gather the wheat into the barn, and will bind the tares together, and cast them into the fire. Thus also is the grass of the house tops cleared off, and whatever is plucked from it, is thrown into the fire; because it had withered even before it was plucked up. The reaper fills not his hands thence. His next words are, "Whereof the reaper fills not his hand; neither he that binds up the sheaves his bosom" [Psalm 129:7]. And, "the reapers are the angels," [Matthew 13:39] the Lord says.
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 129

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

House — Till their sojourn in Egypt the Hebrews dwelt in tents. They then for the first time inhabited cities (Gen. 47:3; Ex. 12:7; Heb. 11:9). From the earliest times the Assyrians and the Canaanites were…
Agriculture Or Husbandry · Operations in: Mowing — Operations in: Mowing
Harvest, The · Persons engaged in: Binders — Persons engaged in: Binders
Houses · The flat roofs of: Often covered with week grass — The flat roofs of: Often covered with week grass
Mowing · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Reaping · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 129:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 129:5–end

John Gill on Psalms 129:7

John Calvin on Psalms 129:5–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 129:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 129:5–end

John Gill on Psalms 129:7

John Calvin on Psalms 129:5–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 129:6–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 129:6-8

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 129:7