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Verse Psalms 128:2. _THOSE SHALT EAT THE LABOUR OF THINE HANDS_] Thou
shalt not be exempted from _labour_. Thou shalt _work_: But God will
_bless_ and _prosper_ that work, and thou and thy family shal...
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FOR THOU SHALT EAT THE LABOR OF THINE HANDS - Thou shalt enjoy the
avails of thy labor; thou shalt be secure in thy rights. See the notes
at Isaiah 3:10. This is a general promise respecting the prosp...
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PSALM 120-134
The Psalms of Degrees
Fifteen brief Psalms follow, called songs of degrees, or, ascents.
They were in all probability used by Israel going up to Jerusalem
three times a year to celebrat...
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CXXVIII. THE BLESSING OF A PIOUS HOME.
Psalms 128:2_ a. i.e._ without being robbed by the oppressor. This
shows how low peasant life in Israel has sunk.
Psalms 128:3. Observe the seclusion of women....
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LABOUR. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for that
which is produced by labour.
THINE HANDS: i.e. thine own hands, in contrast with the opposite
(Leviticus 26:16; Deuteronomy 28:30...
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FOR THOU SHALT EAT THE LABOUR OF THINE HANDS— That is, provided thou
thus _fear the Lord:_ for it is observable, that all these blessings
are promised as the reward of a religious conduct, or fearing...
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PSALMS 128
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
A Happy Home and a Prosperous Commonwealth.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 128:1-3, The Happy Home Described. Stanza II.,
Psalms 128:4-6, The Interest of the Commonwealth
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For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be,
and it shall be well with thee.
FOR THOU SHALT EAT THE LABOUR OF THINE HANDS () - instead of 'a
nation which thou knowest not eat...
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128:2 thee. (h-20) Or 'If thou eat the labour of thy hands, happy art
thou, and it is well with thee.'...
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The man who fears God will be blessed in his family life. The Ps. has
been called the 'Home, Sweet Home 'of Judaism....
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Psalms 107:150
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
PSALMS 128
PSALMS FOR CLIMBING;
PSALMS 120:134
Jesus said, "We wi
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FOR THOU. — The Hebrew by the position of the particle is more
emphatic:
“For it is the labour of thine hands thou shalt eat.”
(See Note, Psalms 116:10.) This picture of a successful and peaceful
hus...
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יְגִ֣יעַ כַּ֭פֶּיךָ כִּ֣י תֹאכֵ֑ל
אַ֝שְׁרֶ֗יךָ וְ...
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Psalms 128:1
THE preceding psalm traced all prosperity and domestic felicity to
God's giving hand. It painted in its close the picture of a father
surrounded by his sons able to defend him. This psalm...
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“IT SHALL BE WELL WITH THEE”
Psalms 128:1-6
This psalm is the portrait of a godly man and his home in the best
days of the Hebrew commonwealth. _The husband and father_, Psalms
128:1-2. He is rev...
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This song naturally follows the one in which Jehovah's relation to the
home, as building and establishing it, is recognised. It is chiefly
interesting as it reveals the singer's conception of the rela...
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For thou shalt eat the labour of thine (b) hands: happy [shalt] thou
[be], and [it shall be] well with thee.
(b) The world esteems them happy who live in wealth and idleness but
the Holy Spirit appro...
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_But. Or "for," etenim. On this account they repeated their attacks.
(Haydock) --- But the psalmist testifies that they will not succeed.
(Worthington)_...
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2._For when thou shalt eat the labor of thy hands thou shalt be
blessed. _Some divide this sentence into two members, reading these
words, _For thou shalt eat the labor of thy hands, _as a distinct
se...
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A numerous progeny are distinctly God's gift: happy the man that has
his quiver full of them (Psalms 128). The blessings spoken of are
declared to be the portion of whoever fears Jehovah. It is presen...
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FOR THOU SHALL EAT THE LABOUR OF THINE HANDS,.... That is, thou that
fearest the Lord, and walkest in his ways. It is an apostrophe, or
address to such, even to everyone of them; instancing in one par...
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For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy [shalt] thou [be],
and [it shall be] well with thee.
Ver. 2. _For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands_] That is, thou
shalt reap and receive t...
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_Thou shalt eat the labour_, &c. Thy labour shall not be vain and
fruitless, and the fruit of thy labour shall not be taken from thee
and possessed by others, as was threatened to the disobedient
Deut...
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For thou shalt eat the labor of thine hands, being, by God's blessing,
supplied with the fruits of his industry, especially the produce of
garden and field; HAPPY SHALT THOU BE, AND IT SHALL BE WELL W...
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THE HAPPINESS OF THE PIOUS.
A song of degrees, setting forth the temporal blessings of true piety.
Cf Zechariah 8....
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Psalms 128:2 eat H398 (H8799) labor H3018 hands H3709 happy H835 well
H2896
thou shalt eat - Ge
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CONTENTS: The prosperity of those who live in the fear of God and in
obedience to Him.
CHARACTERS: God, Israel.
CONCLUSION: Those who are truly holy are truly happy. Those may be
assured of a prospe...
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REFLECTIONS.
We have here another family psalm. It compresses all the blessings of
the Hebrew covenant into a short compass.
(1) We have the character: he fears the Lord. He is in every view a
trul...
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_Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord._
THE BLESSED TENDENCY OF TRUE PIETY
The subject is the blessed tendency of true piety, and the truly pious
man is described as one that “feareth the Lord...
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_For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands._
PIETY THE CHARM OF THE POOR MAN’S HOME
Here are three things which are essential materials to make a good
home.
I. A godly and industrious father. He...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 128:1. This wisdom psalm expands some of
the topics in Psalms 127:1....
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INTRODUCTION
This, like the former, is a Psalm for families. In that, we were
taught that the prosperity of our families depends upon the blessing
of God: in this, we are taught that the only way to...
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EXPOSITION
IT is not quite easy to see why this psalm occurs among the "Songs of
Ascents." The sentiment of it is that true religion never loses its
reward; or, in other words, that whoever fears God...
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Continuing to deal with the family and all, the next psalm.
Blessed is every one that feareth [or reverences] the LORD; and walks
in his ways. For thou shalt eat the labor of your hands: happy shalt...
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1 Corinthians 15:58; Deuteronomy 28:11; Deuteronomy 28:39; Deuteronomy
28:4;...