Psalms 128:3
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine in the inner part of thy house; thy children like olive-plants round about thy table.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
2For thou shalt eat the labour of thy hands; happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
4Behold, thus shall the man be blessed that feareth Jehovah.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 8:40And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers; and they had many sons, and sons' sons, a hundred and fifty. All these were of the sons of Benjamin.
Psalms 127:3Lo, children are an inheritance from Jehovah, [and] the fruit of the womb a reward.
Psalms 144:12That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; our daughters as corner-columns, sculptured after the fashion of a palace:
Jeremiah 11:16Jehovah had called thy name, A green olive-tree, fair, of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and its branches are broken.
Hosea 14:6His shoots shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
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 →