Psalms 128

1 Blessed is every one that feareth Jehovah, that walketh in his ways.

1A gradual canticle. Often have they fought against me from my youth, let Israel now say.

2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thy hands; happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

2Often have they fought against me from my youth: but they could not prevail over me.

3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine in the inner part of thy house; thy children like olive-plants round about thy table.

3The wicked have wrought upon my back: they have lengthened their iniquity.

4 Behold, thus shall the man be blessed that feareth Jehovah.

4The Lord who is just will cut the necks of sinners:

5 Jehovah will bless thee out of Zion; and mayest thou see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life,

5Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Sion.

6 And see thy children's children. Peace be upon Israel!

6Let them be as grass upon the tops of houses: which withereth before it be plucked up:

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7Who with the mower filleth not his hand: nor he that gathereth sheaves his bosom.

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8And they that passed by have not said: The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we have blessed you in the name of the Lord.