Psalms 128
A psalm blessing the family and labor of those who fear God.
Psalm 128 pronounces blessing on "every one that feareth the LORD," describing a household where the wife is "as a fruitful vine" and children sit "like olive plants round about thy table." This picture of a flourishing home continues straight from the household blessing of Psalms 127.
A gradual canticle. Often have they fought against me from my youth, let Israel now say.
Often have they fought against me from my youth: but they could not prevail over me.
The wicked have wrought upon my back: they have lengthened their iniquity.
The Lord who is just will cut the necks of sinners:
Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Sion.
Let them be as grass upon the tops of houses: which withereth before it be plucked up:
Who with the mower filleth not his hand: nor he that gathereth sheaves his bosom.
And they that passed by have not said: The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we have blessed you in the name of the Lord.