Psalms 128

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

A song of ascents. Happy all who 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 will eat what your hands have toiled for, and be happy and prosperous!

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

Like a fruitful vine shall your wife be in the innermost room of your house: your children, like olive shoots, round about your table.

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

See! This is the blessing of the man who fears the Lord.

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

The Lord shall bless you from Zion. You will see Jerusalem nourish all the days of your life.

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

You will see your children’s children. Peace upon Israel.