Psalms 128

1 A Song of the Ascents. O the happiness of every one fearing Jehovah, Who is walking in His ways.

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

2 The labour of thy hands thou surely eatest, Happy [art] thou, and good [is] to thee.

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

3 Thy wife [is] as a fruitful vine in the sides of thy house, Thy sons as olive plants around thy 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 Lo, surely thus is the man blessed who is fearing Jehovah.

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

5 Jehovah doth bless thee out of Zion, Look, then, on the good of Jerusalem, All the days of thy 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 thy sons! Peace on Israel!

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