< Psalms 128 >
1 (Happy are/Yahweh is pleased with) those of you who revere him and do what he wants you to do [IDM].
A Song of Ascents. Blessed is every one that feareth Jehovah, That walketh in his ways.
2 You will [be able to earn the money] that you [MTY] need to buy food; you will be happy and you will be prosperous.
For thou shalt eat the labor of thy hands: Happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
3 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].
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, In the innermost parts of thy house; Thy children like olive plants, Round about thy table.
4 Every man who reveres Yahweh will be blessed like that.
Behold, thus shall the man be blessed That feareth Jehovah.
5 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!
Jehovah bless thee out of Zion: And see thou the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
6 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!
Yea, see thou thy children’s children. Peace be upon Israel.