Psalms 128:1-2

Blessed Is Everyone Who Fears Yahweh

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A song of ascents.

1 Blessed [is] everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways.

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

Psalms 128:1-2 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 128

\\<>\\. This psalm very probably was written by the same hand as the former, and seems to have some connection with it; as that shows that all things depend on the providence and goodness of God; and that all blessings, particularly children, are the gift of God; this points out the blessings, civil and religious, that belong to good men; and, among the rest, a numerous offspring. According to the Syriac version, ``it is said concerning Zerubbabel, prince of Judah; and the care of the building: and it intimates in it the calling of Gentiles.'' Manythings in it may be applied Christ and his church.

Footnotes

• [a]. The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm