128 If people respect the Lord
and they obey his commands,
God has blessed them!
2 You will eat the food that you have worked hard to grow.
You will have everything that you need.
You will be happy!
3 Your wife will be like a vine that grows in your home,
and it gives many grapes.
Your children will sit around your table,
like the branches of an olive tree that are around you. [ a ]
4 Yes, if a man respects the Lord ,
that is how God blesses him.
5 The Lord rules from Zion,
and I pray that he will bless you. [ b ]
Then you will see that Jerusalem is a good place to live in
for as long as you live.
6 I pray that you will live to see your grandchildren.
May Israel have peace!
128 Great blessings belong to those who fear and respect the Lord
and live the way he wants.
2 You will get what you work for.
You will enjoy the Lord’s blessings, and all will go well for you.
3 At home, your wife will have many children, like a vine full of grapes.
The children around your table will be like an orchard full of olive trees.
4 Yes, the Lord will really bless those who respect him.
5 May the Lord bless you from Mount Zion.
May you enjoy the blessings of Jerusalem all your life.
6 And may you live to see your grandchildren.
Let Israel always enjoy peace!
128 Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord ; that walketh in his ways.
2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
4 Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord .
5 The Lord shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
6 Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, and peace upon Israel.
128 ( A ) Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord ,
Who ( B ) walks in His ways.
2 When you ( C ) eat the ( D ) fruit of the labor of your hands,
You will be happy and ( E ) it will go well for you.
3 Your wife will be like a ( F ) fruitful vine
[ a ] Within your house,
Your children like ( G ) olive plants
Around your table.
4 Behold, for so shall a man
Who fears the Lord be blessed.
5 ( H ) The Lord bless you ( I ) from Zion,
And may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life.
6 Indeed, may you see your ( J ) children’s children.
( K ) Peace be upon Israel!
1 Blessed are all who fear the Lord , ( A )
who walk in obedience to him. ( B )
2 You will eat the fruit of your labor; ( C )
blessings and prosperity ( D ) will be yours.
3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine ( E )
within your house;
your children ( F ) will be like olive shoots ( G )
around your table.
4 Yes, this will be the blessing ( H )
for the man who fears the Lord . ( I )
