Psalms 128:3
behold the inheritance of the Lord are children: the reward, the fruit of the womb.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
4As arrows in the hand of the mighty, so the children of them that have been shaken.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 8:40And the sons of Ulam were most valiant men, and archers of great strength: and they had many sons and grandsons, even to a hundred and fifty. All these were children of Benjamin.
Psalms 127:3The Lord hath done great things for us: we are become joyful.
Psalms 144:12and in thy mercy thou wilt destroy my enemies. And thou wilt cut off all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.
Jeremiah 11:16The Lord called thy name, a plentiful olive tree, fair, fruitful, and beautiful: at the noise of a word, a great fire was kindled in it and the branches thereof are burnt.
Hosea 14:6I will be as the dew, Israel shall spring as the lily, and his root shall shoot forth as that of Libanus.
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 →