Psalms 128:3
Thy wife, like a fruitful vine, within the recesses of thy house,—Thy children, like plantings of olive-trees, round about thy table.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
2The labour of thine own hands, surely thou shalt eat. How happy thou, and well for thine!
4Lo! thus, shall be blessed the man who revereth Yahweh.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 8:40And the sons of Ulam became men that were heroes of valour, archers, with many sons, and sons’ sons, a hundred and fifty. All these, were of the sons of Benjamin.
Psalms 127:3Lo! an inheritance from Yahweh, are children, A reward, the fruit of the womb:
Psalms 144:12That, our sons, may be like plants well grown while yet young,—Our daughters, like corner pillars,—carved, in the construction of a palace:
Jeremiah 11:16A green olive-tree, fair with goodly fruit, did Yahweh call thy name,—with the noise of a great tumult, hath he kindled fire upon it, and the branches thereof shall be broken.
Hosea 14:6His branches, shall spread, that, like an olive-tree, may be his fresh beauty,—and his fragrance, like 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 →