Psalm 128:3, Psalm 128:6 KJV

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 128:3

(3) By the sides—No doubt the inner part of the house is meant (see Psalms 48:2)—the gynecœum or woman’s quarter—or perhaps the sides of the inner court or quadrangle. This is no more out of keeping with the figure of the vine than the table is with that of olive plants. Though the Hebrews had not yet developed the fatal habit of secluding their women, as later Orientals have done, still there was a strict custom which allotted a more private tent (Genesis 18:9) or part of a house to them. And... 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 It thus doubly supplements the former, lest any should think that God’s gift superseded man’s work, or that the...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

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Psalms 128:1-6

Psalm 120-134 The Psalms of Degrees Fifteen brief Psalms follow, called songs of degrees, or, ascents. They were in all probability used by Israel going up to Jerusalem three times a year to celebrate the feasts of the Lord--”Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, a testimony for Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.” They are indeed Psalms of “the goings-up” for we rise higher and higher as we read through them. Prophetically they give us again the steps from trial and... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Psalms 128:3

128:3 Thy wife [shall be] as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy {c} children like olive plants round about thy table.(c) Because God’s favour appears in no outward thing more than in the increase of children, he promises to enrich the faithful with this gift. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Psalms 128:1-6

This group is differentiated by the title attached to each: “A Song of Degrees” or “A Song of Ascents.” The title seems derived from the going up of the people to Jerusalem at the great festivals which came three times a year. (Compare Deuteronomy 16:16 ; 1 Kings 12:27-28 , etc.); the thought being that they chanted the psalms at different stages in their journey. The pertinency of this application of these psalms is more apparent in some than others. For example, Psalms 121:0 represents the... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Psalms 128:3

Back. Hebrew, "labourers have laboured on my neck," (St. Jerome) or "back." They have made me bear the yoke, or have ploughed up my back. This proverbial expression shews the cruelty of the Babylonians, (Calmet) and of the enemies of Christ, (Isaias l. 6.) and the martyrs. (Theodoret) --- Hebrew charash, means also to work like a blacksmith, Genesis iv. 22. (Berthier) --- The Church bears patiently all crosses. Sinners build on her, or even on God's back, when they go on in their wicked ways,... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Psalms 128:1-6

The Happiness of the Pious. A song of degrees, setting forth the temporal blessings of true piety. Cf Zechariah 8. v. 1. Blessed is everyone that feareth the Lord, his entire life being arranged in conformity with God's holy will, in childlike reverence; that walketh in His ways, his entire behavior agreeing with the Word of the Lord. v. 2. For thou shalt eat the labor of thine hands, being, by God's blessing, supplied with the fruits of his industry, especially the produce of garden and... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Psalms 128:1-6

Psalms 128:0A Song of degrees Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord;That walketh in his ways.2 For thou shalt eat the labor of thine hands:Happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vineBy the side of thine house:Thy children like olive plantsRound about thy table.4 Behold, that thus shall the man be blessedThat feareth the Lord.5 The Lord shall bless thee out of Zion:And thou shalt see the good of JerusalemAll the days of... read more