Prayers, Songs, Praises: Psalm 128

Blessings for Those Who Fear God

A song of ascents.

128:1 How happy is everyone who fears the Lord,

who walks in his ways!

2 You will surely eat

what your hands have worked for.
You will be happy,
and it will go well for you.

3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine

within your house,
your children, like young olive trees
around your table.

4 In this very way

the man who fears the Lord
will be blessed.

5 May the Lord bless you from Zion,

so that you will see the prosperity of Jerusalem
all the days of your life

6 and will see your children’s children!

Peace be with Israel.

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Prayers, Songs, Praises: Psalm 127

The Blessing of the Lord

A song of ascents. Of Solomon.

127:1 Unless the Lord builds a house,

its builders labor over it in vain;
unless the Lord watches over a city,
the watchman stays alert in vain.

2 In vain you get up early and stay up late,

working hard to have enough food—
yes, he gives sleep to the one he loves.

3 Sons are indeed a heritage from the Lord,

offspring, a reward.

4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior

are the sons born in one’s youth.

5 Happy is the man who has filled his quiver with them.

They will never be put to shame
when they speak with their enemies at the city gate.

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