Psalms 128

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

A Song of Degrees. Blessed are all they that fear the Lord; who walk in his ways.

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

You shall eat the labours of your hands: blessed are you, and it shall be well with you.

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

Your wife shall be as a fruitful vine on the sides of your house: your children as young olive-plants round about your table.

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

Behold, thus shall the man be blessed that fears the Lord.

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

May the Lord bless you out of Sion; and may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life.

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

And may you see your children's children. Peace be upon Israel.