Psalm 129:6 - Psalms of David in Metre 1650 (Scottish Psalter)

⁶ As grass on houses' tops be they, which fades ere it be grown:

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, Which withereth afore it groweth up:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withers before it grows up,

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, Which withereth before it groweth up;

Common English Bible

⁶ Let them be like grass on a roof that dies before it can be pulled up,

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ From the morning watch, even until night, let Israel hope in the Lord.

Psalm 129:6 Cross References

Psalm 37:2

For, even like unto the grass, soon be cut down shall they; And, like the green and tender herb, they wither shall away.

Psalm 92:7

When those that lewd and wicked are spring quickly up like grass, And workers of iniquity do flourish all apace; It is that they for ever may destroyed be and slain;