Psalms 128:3
Thy wife shall be like a fruitful vine within thy house; Thy children like olive-branches round about thy table.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
2Thou shalt eat the labor of thy hands; Happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee!
4Behold! thus happy is the man who feareth the LORD!
Cross References
Psalms 127:3Behold! sons are an inheritance from the LORD, And the fruit of the womb is his gift.
Psalms 144:12That our sons may be as plants, Grown up in their youth; Our daughters as corner-pillars, Hewn like those of a palace!
Jeremiah 11:16Jehovah hath called thee an olive-tree, Green, fair, and of goodly fruit; With the noise of a great crackling doth he kindle a fire upon it, And the branches of it shall be broken.
Hosea 14:6His sprouts shall spread forth, And his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, And his fragrance 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 →