Psalms 129:7
unable to fill the hands of the reaper, or the arms of the binder of sheaves.
BSB
ASV
Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, Nor he that bindeth sheaves, his bosom:
KJV
Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand,.... Such grass never rises high enough to be mowed, nor is of that account to have such pains taken with it; nor the quantity so large as to fill a mower's hand, and carry it away in his arms; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom; when corn is mowed or reaped, the binders come and gather it up in their arms, and bind it in sheaves, and then bring it into the barn; but nothing of this kind is done with grass on the housetops.
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.
Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom. When with his sickle the husbandman would cut down the tufts, he found nothing to lay hold upon: the grass promised fairly enough, but there was no fulfilment, there was nothing to cut or to carry, nothing for the hand to grasp, nothing for the lap to gather. Easterners carry their corn in their bosoms, but in this case there was nothing to bear home. Thus do the wicked come to nothing. By God's just appointment they prove a disappointment.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
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Through
Galatians 6:8The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.
leads to
As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
For if you live according to the flesh, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness.
They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.
You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your mighty men,
Through
Psalms 126:6He who goes out weeping, bearing a trail of seed, will surely return with shouts of joy, carrying sheaves of grain.
leads to
The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.
Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.
Through
Hosea 8:7For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.
leads to
He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.