Psalms 128:6
Let them be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can be pulled up:
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, and peace upon Israel.
In Context
5Let all those who hate Zion be confounded and turned backwards.
7with it, he who reaps does not fill his hand and he who gathers sheaves does not fill his bosom.
Cross References
Genesis 50:23After these things happened, he said to his brothers: “God will visit you after my death, and he will make you ascend from this land into the land which he swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
Psalms 125:5Those who sow in tears shall reap in exultation.
Isaiah 66:12For thus says the Lord: Behold, I will turn a river of peace toward her, with an inundating torrent: the glory of the Gentiles, from which you will nurse. You will be carried at the breasts, and they will caress you upon the knees.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 128:2-6
Blessedness of the Godly. 1 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… Read the whole commentary →