1A Song of degrees. Blessed [is] every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.
2For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy [shalt] thou [be], and [it shall be] well with thee.
3Thy wife [shall be] as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
4Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.
5The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
6Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, [and] peace upon Israel.
Commentary
Matthew Henry on Psalms 128
This, as the former, is a psalm for families. In that we were taught that the prosperity of our families depends upon the blessing of God; in this we are taught that the only way to obtain that blessing which will make our families comfortable is to live in the fear of God and in obedience to him. Those that do so, in…
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