Psalms 128:6
Let them be as the grass of the housetops, 1 Which withers before it is plucked up. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, and peace upon Israel.
In Context
5Let all that hate Zion 1 Be put to shame and turned back. 1
7Wherewith the reaper fills not his hand, 1 Nor he that makes up the sheaves, his bosom. 1
Cross References
Genesis 50:23And Joseph saw the children of Ephraim to the third generation; and the sons of Machir the son of Manasseh were borne on the sides of Joseph.
Psalms 125:5They that sow in tears 1 Shall reap in joy. 1
Isaiah 66:12For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I turn toward them as a river of peace, and as a torrent bringing upon them in a flood the glory of the Gentiles: their children shall be borne upon the shoulders, and comforted on 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 →