Psalms 128:1-6

1 canticum graduum saepe expugnaverunt me a iuventute mea dicat nunc Israhel

2 saepe expugnaverunt me a iuventute mea etenim non potuerunt mihi

3 supra dorsum meum fabricabantur peccatores prolongaverunt iniquitatem suam

4 Dominus iustus concidet cervices peccatorum

5 confundantur et convertantur retrorsum omnes qui oderunt Sion

6 fiant sicut faenum tectorum quod priusquam evellatur exaruit

Psalms 128:1-6 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.