Psalms 129:6
May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,
BSB
ASV
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, Which withereth before it groweth up;
KJV
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
EXPOSITIONS OF THE PSALMS 128:6 (585)
"Let them be like the grass on buildings, which dries up before it is plucked up." Abandoned buildings usually produce frail grass on their peaks. Before it can be gathered, it dries up and goes to ruin because it never flourished with a solid root. …
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops,.... The tops of the houses in Judea were flat, and so grass grew upon them, being covered with plaster of terrace; though it was but small and weak, and being on high was exposed to the scorching sun, and soon withered (b); and Menochius says (c) he saw such roofs in the island of Corsica, flat, and having earth upon them, smoothed and pressed, on which grass grew of its own accord; but being burnt up in summertime by the sun, soon withered, as here said.
It is true, they brought their troubles upon themselves by their sins; it was for them that God punished them; but it was for the peculiarity of their covenant, and the singularities of their religion, that their neighbours hated and persecuted them.
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up. Grass on the housetop is soon up and soon down. It sprouts in the heat, finds enough nutriment to send up a green blade, and then it dies away before it reaches maturity, because it has neither earth nor moisture sufficient for its proper development. Before it grows up it dies; it needs not to be plucked up, for it hastens to decay of itself. Such is and such ought to be the lot of the enemies of God's people.
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Psalms 92:7that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.
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I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,
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But the transgressors will all be destroyed; the future of the wicked will be cut off.
Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong.
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Psalms 37:2For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants.
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You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—
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But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.
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that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.