Psalms 129:6
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 129 connects to 7 cross-references. A Song of Ascent recounting how enemies have greatly afflicted Israel from youth but have not prevailed. The plowmen have plowed long furrows on Israel's back but the Lord has cut the cords of the wicked. Those who hate Zion …
Other Translations
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, Which withereth before it groweth up;
They are as grass of the roofs, That before it was drawn out withereth,
Let them be like the grass on the house-tops, which is dry before it comes to full growth.
Cross References
Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, …
Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, …
For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit …
Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart …
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they …
For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.