John Wesley’s Explanatory Notes on the Bible (1765)
Psalms 129
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Verse 1
1A Song of degrees. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
From my youth - From the time that I was a people.
Verse 4
4The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
Righteous - Faithful or merciful. The cords - Wherewith the plow was drawn. By these cords he understands all their plots and endeavours.
Verse 6
6Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
House-tops - Which there were flat. Which - Having no deep root, never comes to maturity. And so all their designs shall be abortive.
Verse 8
8Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.
The blessing - Which was an usual salutation given by passengers to reapers: so the meaning is, it never continues ‘till the harvest comes.