John Gill's Exposition on Psalms 129:7

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand, etc.] 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. This represents the insignificancy and worthlessness of wicked men; who, when the harvest comes, the end of the world, will not be gathered in by the reapers, the angels, into Christ’s garner into heaven as the wheat, the righteous will; but like the tares and chaff will be cast into unquenchable fire, (<400312>Matthew 3:12 <420317>Luke 3:17).

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