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Psalm 128

A Blessed Family

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A song of the ascents.

Promise

How blessed is everyone who fears the Lord,
everyone who is walking in his ways.
Yes, you will eat the food you worked for.
How blessed you are! It will go well for you!
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine in the inner rooms of your house.
Your children will be like olive shoots around your table.
Look! This is how blessed the man is who fears the Lord!

Prayer

May the Lord bless you from Zion,
so that you see the prosperity of Jerusalem,
all the days of your life,
and you see your children’s children.
Peace be on Israel.

Blessed Is Everyone Who Fears Yahweh

A song of ascents.[a]

128 Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh,
who walks in his ways.
You will indeed eat of the labor of your hands;
you will be happy and it will be well with you.
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine
within[b] your house.
Your children[c] will be like olive shoots
about your table.
Look, for thus shall a man be blessed
who fears Yahweh.[d]
May Yahweh bless you from Zion,
that you may see the good of Jerusalem
all the days of your life,
and that you may see your children’s children.
May peace be upon Israel.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 128:1 The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm
  2. Psalm 128:3 Literally “in the recesses of”
  3. Psalm 128:3 Hebrew “sons”
  4. Psalm 128:4 Literally “a fearer of Yahweh”