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Psalm 129

Psa. 129:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Let them be as the grass
chatsiyr (Hebrew #2682)
grass; also a leek (collectively)
KJV usage: grass, hay, herb, leek.
Pronounce: khaw-tseer'
Origin: perhaps originally the same as 2681, from the greenness of a courtyard
upon the housetops
gag (Hebrew #1406)
a roof; by analogy, the top of an altar
KJV usage: roof (of the house), (house) top (of the house).
Pronounce: gawg
Origin: probably by reduplication from 1342
, whiche withereth
yabesh (Hebrew #3001)
to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)
KJV usage: be ashamed, clean, be confounded, (make) dry (up), (do) shame(-fully), X utterly, wither (away).
Pronounce: yaw-bashe'
Origin: a primitive root
afore
qadmah (Hebrew #6927)
priority (in time); also used adverbially (before)
KJV usage: afore, antiquity, former (old) estate.
Pronounce: kad-maw'
Origin: from 6923
it groweth up
shalaph (Hebrew #8025)
to pull out, up or off
KJV usage: draw (off), grow up, pluck off.
Pronounce: saw-laf'
Origin: a primitive root
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Matt. 13:6,21• 6And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
 21Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. (Matt. 13:6,21)

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Ministry on This Verse

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as the grass.
Psa. 37:2• 2For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. (Psa. 37:2)
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Psa. 92:7• 7When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever: (Psa. 92:7)
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Jer. 17:5‑6• 5Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord.
 6For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited. (Jer. 17:5‑6)
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Matt. 13:6• 6And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. (Matt. 13:6)
• Let such be like the withered grass on the housetops, useless for man, and unblessed by the Lord (comp. Ruth 2:4). (“Psalms 129” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Let them be as the grass upon the house-tops, which withereth before it is plucked up,