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Psalm 128:2 KJV
Psalms · chapter 128 · verse 2
For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.Psalm 128:2 · King James Version
Psalm 128:2 in context
1Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.
2For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
4Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.
Commentary
Cross references
- Isaiah 3:10
- Isaiah 62:8
- Isaiah 65:21-23
- Ecclesiastes 5:18-19
- Deuteronomy 28:4
- Deuteronomy 28:11
- 1 Corinthians 15:58
- Ecclesiastes 8:12
Key words (Strong's)
- labouryᵉgîyaʻtoilH3018 →
- handskaphthe hollow hand or palmH3709 →
- happyʼesherhappinessH835 →
- eatʼâkalto eatH398 →
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It is here shown that godliness has the promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come. I. It is here again and again laid down as an undoubted truth that those who are truly holy are truly happy.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-6