Psalms 127:5
May the Lord bless you from Zion, and may you see the good things of Jerusalem, all the days of your life.
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In Context
4Behold, so will the man be blessed who fears the Lord.
6And may you see the sons of your sons. Peace be upon Israel.
Cross References
Job 1:2And there had been born to him seven sons and three daughters.
Job 42:12And the Lord blessed the latter end of Job even more than his beginning. And he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand pairs of oxen, and a thousand she-donkeys.
Proverbs 27:11My son, study wisdom, and rejoice my heart, so that you may be able to respond to the one who reproaches.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 127:2-5
Dependence on Providence; God the Giver of Prosperity. 1 Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. 2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. 3 Lo, children are a heritage of the Lord : and the fruit of the womb is his reward. 4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. 5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of… Read the whole commentary →