Psalms 127:5
May the Lord bless thee out of Sion; and mayest thou see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
4Behold, thus shall the man be blessed that fears the Lord.
6And mayest thou see thy children's children. Peace be upon Israel.
Cross References
Job 1:2And he had seven sons and three daughters.
Job 42:12And the Lord blessed the latter end of Job, more than the beginning: and his cattle were fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen, a thousand she-asses of the pastures.
Proverbs 27:11Son, be wise, that thy heart may rejoice; and remove thou from thyself reproachful words.
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 →