Psalm 128:4

4 Look, for thus shall a man be blessed {who fears Yahweh}.

Psalm 128:4 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 128:4

Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the
Lord.
] In the manner before described, and in the instances already given, as well as in the following; this is said to raise attention, and fix a sense of the blessedness of such persons; and who are further addressed, and pronounced happy, in the next verses.

Psalm 128:4 In-Context

2 You will indeed eat of the labor of your hands; you [will be] happy and [it will be] well with you.

3 Your wife [will be] like a fruitful vine {within} your house. Your children [will be] like olive shoots about your table.

4 Look, for thus shall a man be blessed {who fears Yahweh}.

5 May Yahweh bless you from Zion, that you may see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life,

6 and that you may see your children's children. [May] peace [be] upon Israel.

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "a fearer of Yahweh"