Psalms 128

1 A SONG OF THE ASCENTS. O the blessedness of everyone fearing YHWH, Who is walking in His ways.

A Song of Ascents. How happy is every one that revereth Yahweh, who walketh in his ways!

2 You surely eat the labor of your hands, You [are] blessed, and good [is] to you.

The labour of thine own hands, surely thou shalt eat. How happy thou, and well for thine!

3 Your wife [is] as a fruitful vine in the sides of your house, Your sons as olive plants around your table.

Thy wife, like a fruitful vine, within the recesses of thy house, —Thy children, like plantings of olive-trees, round about thy table.

4 Behold, surely thus is the man blessed who is fearing YHWH.

Lo! thus, shall be blessed the man who revereth Yahweh.

5 YHWH blesses you out of Zion, Look, then, on the good of Jerusalem, All the days of your life,

Yahweh will bless thee, out of Zion, —and behold thou the welfare of Jerusalem, all the days of thy life!

6 And see the sons of your sons! Peace on Israel!

And behold thou thy children’s children, —Prosperity on Israel!