Psalmen 128

1 Een bedevaartslied. Gelukkig hij, die Jahweh vreest, En zijn wegen bewandelt.

(Happy are/Yahweh is pleased with) those of you who revere him and do what he wants you to do [IDM].

2 Want van uw arbeid zult gij eten, Voorspoedig en gelukkig zijn!

You will [be able to earn the money] that you [MTY] need to buy food; you will be happy and you will be prosperous.

3 Uw vrouw zal zijn als een vruchtbare wingerd Binnen uw huis; Uw zonen als ranken van de olijf Rondom uw dis.

Your wife will be like a grapevine that bears many grapes [SIM]; she will give birth to many children. Your children who sit around your table will be like a strong olive [tree that has many] shoots [growing up around it] [SIM].

4 Zie, zó wordt de man gezegend, Die Jahweh vreest;

Every man who reveres Yahweh will be blessed like that.

5 Zó zal Jahweh uit Sion U zegen bereiden! Dan moogt gij Jerusalems heil aanschouwen Al de dagen uws levens;

I wish/hope that Yahweh will bless all of you from [where he dwells] (on Zion [Hill]/[in Jerusalem]) and that you will see [the people of] Jerusalem prospering every day that you live!

6 Nog de kinderen van uw kinderen zien: De vrede over Israël!

I desire that you will live many years, long enough to see your grandchildren. I desire/hope that things will go well for [the people in] Israel!