Psalm 128
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Chapter overview
Psalm 128 pictures blessing through meaningful labor, a flourishing marriage, children like olive shoots, long life, and Jerusalem's peace. Private household joy expands naturally into concern for the whole covenant community.
FamilyLaborBlessingPeace
1Happy are all those who worship the Lord, everyone who follows his ways!
2You will eat what your own hands have produced. You will be happy and do well.
3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine growing in your home. Your children will be like the shoots of an olive tree around your table.
4This will certainly be the Lord's blessing on those who worship him.
5May the Lord go on blessing you from Zion; may you see Jerusalem prosper all the days of your life.
6May you see your children's children. May Israel be at peace!
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