Psalms 129:7

"Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,"

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From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand -It cannot be gathered and laid up for the use of cattle, as grass can that grows in the field. It is valueless for any such purpose; or, is utterly worthless. The phrase “filleth not his hand” seems to be derived from the idea of reaping, where the reaper with one hand takes hold of the grain which he reaps, and cuts it off with the sickle in the other. Nor he that bindeth sheaves -The man who gathers in the harvest. This was commonly performed by a different person from the reaper. His bosom -This word would commonly refer to the bosom of the garment, in which tilings were carried; or that part above the girdle.

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