Psalms 128:2

You will eat what your hands have toiled for, and be happy and prosperous!

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In The King James Version

For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

In Context

1Happy all who revere the Lord, who walk in his ways.

3Like a fruitful vine shall your wife be in the innermost room of your house: your children, like olive shoots, round about your table.

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Cross References

Psalms 1:3They are like trees planted by runlets of water, yielding fruit in due season, leaves never fading. In all that they do, they prosper.

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 →

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