Psalms 128
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1A Song of Ascents. Happy is every one that feareth the LORD, that walketh in His ways.
1Often have they fought against me from my youth, let Israel now say.
2When thou eatest the labour of thy hands, happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
2Often have they fought against me from my youth: but they could not prevail over me.
3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, in the innermost parts of thy house; thy children like olive plants, round about thy table.
3The wicked have wrought upon my back: they have lengthened their iniquity.
4Behold, surely thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.
4The Lord who is just will cut the necks of sinners:
5The LORD bless thee out of Zion; and see thou the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life;
5Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Sion.
6And see thy children's children. Peace be upon Israel!
6Let them be as grass on the tops of houses: which withered before it be plucked up:
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7Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand: nor he that gathereth sheaves his bosom.
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8And they that have passed by have not said: The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we have blessed you in the name of the Lord.
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