Psalm 128:5-6

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 128:5

"Jehovah bless thee out of Zion:And see thou the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.Yea, see thou thy children's children.Peace be upon Israel.""The Lord bless thee from Zion" (Psalms 128:5). The thought here is that God's blessings upon his people are actually conveyed via the Lord's established religion. The prosperity and happiness of every God-fearing family upon earth is, in some degree, contingent upon the prosperity of holy religion in their community. From this comes the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 128:5

5. In temporal blessings the pious do not forget the richer blessings of God's grace, which they shall ever enjoy. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 128:6

6. Long life crowns all other temporal favors. As Psalms 125:5, this Psalm closes with a prayer for peace, with prosperity for God's people. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 128:1-6

Psalms 128In this wisdom ascent psalm, the writer rejoiced in the Lord’s blessings. He reviewed previously received blessings and then prayed for greater blessings (cf. Numbers 6:24-26)."In one form or another, the word ’bless’ is used four times, but it is the translation of two different Hebrew words. In Psalms 128:1-2, it is the word asher which is often translated ’happy’ (Genesis 30:12-13), and in Psalms 128:4-5, it is barak, which means ’blessed of the Lord.’" [Note: Ibid., p. 348.] read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 128:5-6

3. Specific supplications for blessing 128:5-6The psalmist offered a general prayer for his readers’ future, and then specified particular blessings following the form he used in Psalms 128:1-4. The petition concerning seeing Jerusalem prosper all of one’s days is appropriate in a psalm of ascent. The prosperity of the city would extend to every family in the nation ultimately. Seeing one’s grandchildren also expresses God’s continued blessing for many years to come."From bride and groom to... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 128:1-6

The man who fears God will be blessed in his family life. The Ps. has been called the ’Home, Sweet Home ’of Judaism.3. By the sides of thine house] RV ’in the innermost parts of thine house,’ i.e. in the women’s apartment. Olive plants] a precious tree in Palestine. 5. ’May the Lord bless thee out of Zion,’ i.e. from His dwelling-place.6. The Psalmist closes with a note of patriotism: RV ’Peace be upon Israel.’ read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 128:5

(5) Shall . . . shalt.—Here and in the next verse the optative is plainly required: “May Jehovah,” &c; “mayst thou see,” &c. The patriotic sentiment could not wait long for expression in such a psalm. No people ever perceived more strongly than the Jews the connection between the welfare of the state and that of the family. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 128:6

(6) Children’s children.—Dr. Perowne illustrates from Virgil: “adspicies . . . natos natorum et qui nascentur ab illis.” (Comp. Zechariah 8:4-5.)And peace . . .—The conjunction spoils the passage. The psalm concludes with the prayer, “Peace upon Israel.” (Comp. Psalms 125:5.) read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 128:1-6

The Reward of the God-fearing Psalms 128:4 I. Questions of a Future Life. It is an interesting and curious problem to explain the absence or dimness of the belief in a future life among the Jews for so many centuries, especially when we consider the great place which the doctrines of the immortalities of the soul and of reward and punishment after death held in the religion of Egypt. A long life, a prosperous life was all that they looked for. In the earlier stages of Jewish thought the... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Psalms 128:1-6

Psalms 128:1-6THE preceding psalm traced all prosperity and domestic felicity to God’s giving hand. It painted in its close the picture of a father surrounded by his sons able to defend him. This psalm presents the same blessings as the result of a devout life, in which the fear of Jehovah leads to obedience and diligence in labour. It presents the inner side of domestic happiness. It thus doubly supplements the former, lest any should think that God’s gift superseded man’s work, or that the... read more

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