“"So that they who go by say not so much as, The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we have blessed you in the name of the Lord" [Psalm 129:8]. For you know, brethren, when men pass by others at work, it is customary to address them, "The blessing of the Lord be upon you." And this was especially the custom in the Jewis…”
Augustine of Hippo, 5th c. — Exposition on Psalm 129
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8Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.
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6Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
7Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.