Psalm 128:2

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Modern

For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours.

Traditional

For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

Literal

The labor of your hands, surely you shall eat; blessings and good are unto you.

Latin

Labores manuum tuarum quia manducabis: beatus es, et bene tibi erit.

Original

Hebrew

English

For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours.

Notes

Psalms 128:1–2

eating the fruit of your labor: This means gaining benefit from whatever work one does.

Psalms 128:1–6

The godly, who fear the Lord, will know true happiness (Psalm 128:1–2). The Lord is with them (see Psalm 127:1–2), strengthens their family life (128:3–4), and blesses them for generations (128:5–6).

Psalms 120:1–134:3

These short and memorable songs were sung by pilgrims as they traveled to Jerusalem for the national festivals held three times each year (Deuteronomy 16:16). The title of these psalms includes a Hebrew word that can mean “steps” or “stairs.” Some scholars understand it to mean “going up to Jerusalem.” These psalms, often called the Songs of Ascents, lead the listener on a journey to Jerusalem to praise God for his goodness to Israel through history.

Theme notes and profiles

Blessing Children and Parents God’s Presence in the Psalms The Priestly Blessing Wisdom Psalms

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Isaiah 3:10
Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
Isaiah 62:8
The LORD has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm: “Never again will I give your grain to your enemies for food, nor will foreigners drink the new wine for which you have toiled.
Isaiah 65:21–23
They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
Ecclesiastes 5:18–19
Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot.
Deuteronomy 28:4
The fruit of your womb will be blessed, as well as the produce of your land and the offspring of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.
Deuteronomy 28:11
The LORD will make you prosper abundantly—in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land—in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give you.
1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
Ecclesiastes 8:12
Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are reverent in His presence.
Ephesians 6:3
…“that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.”
Isaiah 65:13
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.
Jeremiah 22:15
Does it make you a king to excel in cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He administered justice and righteousness, and so it went well with him.
Deuteronomy 28:51
They will eat the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain or new wine or oil, no calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks, until they have caused you to perish.

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