Psalm 128

Blessed Is Everyone Who Fears the Lord

A Song of Ascents.

1
f Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord,
who g walks in his ways!
 2 You h shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands;
you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you.

3 Your wife will be like i a fruitful vine
within your house;
your children will be like j olive shoots
around your table.
 4 Behold, thus shall the man be blessed
who fears the Lord.

5 k The Lord bless you l from Zion!
May you see m the prosperity of Jerusalem
all the days of your life!
 6 May you see your n children's children!
o Peace be upon Israel!

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 120:1
    In my distress I called to the Lord, and he answered me.
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 112:1
    Praise the Lord! Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in his commandments!
  3. Cross References
    Psalms 119:1
    Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord!
    Proverbs 8:32
    And now, O sons, listen to me: blessed are those who keep my ways.
  4. Cross References
    Isaiah 3:10
    Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them, for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
    Psalms 109:11
    May the creditor seize all that he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of his toil!
  5. Cross References
    Ezekiel 19:10
    Your mother was like a vine in a vineyard planted by the water, fruitful and full of branches by reason of abundant water.
    Genesis 49:22
    Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a spring; his branches run over the wall.
  6. Cross References
    Psalms 52:8
    But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever.
  7. Cross References
    Psalms 134:3
    May the Lord bless you from Zion, he who made heaven and earth!
  8. Cross References
    Psalms 20:2
    May he send you help from the sanctuary and give you support from Zion!
    Psalms 135:21
    Blessed be the Lord from Zion, he who dwells in Jerusalem! Praise the Lord!
  9. Cross References
    Psalms 122:9
    For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek your good.
  10. Cross References
    Proverbs 17:6
    Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their fathers.
    Job 42:16
    And after this Job lived 140 years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, four generations.
  11. Cross References
    Psalms 125:5
    But those who turn aside to their crooked ways the Lord will lead away with evildoers! Peace be upon Israel!
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