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Neither do they who go by say, The blessing of the Lord,... - This describes a scene in a harvest-field, where persons passing by e…

This harvest scene is exactly like that painted in Ruth 2:4, and the last line should be printed as a return greeting from the reapers.

So the adversaries of the Church of God may grow as fast as grass on the roof of a house, but they will perish just as fast, and there will be noth…

Neither do they which go by say, the blessing of the Lord [be]
upon you
As was usual …

While God's people will flourish like the loaded palm tree or the green and fruitful olive, their enemies will wither like the grass upon the house…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes