Psaltaren 128

1 En visa i högre choren. Säll är den som fruktar Herran, och på hans vägar går.

(Happy are/Yahweh is pleased with) those of you who revere him and do what he wants you to do [IDM].

2 Du skall föda dig af dina händers arbete; säll äst du, och väl är dig.

You will [be able to earn the money] that you [MTY] need to buy food; you will be happy and you will be prosperous.

3 Din hustru skall vara såsom ett fruktsamt vinträ, allt omkring i ditt hus; dine barn såsom oliveqvistar kringom ditt bord.

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].

4 Si, alltså varder välsignad den man, som Herran fruktar.

Every man who reveres Yahweh will be blessed like that.

5 Herren skall välsigna dig af Zion, att du skall få se Jerusalems välfärd, i alla dina lifsdagar;

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!

6 Och skall få se din barnabarn; frid öfver Israel!

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!