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7Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

Psalms 129:7

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • 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 everlasting.

  • Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips: …

  • He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.

  • 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 strangers shall swallow it up.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 5-8)

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…

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