Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Psalms 128:4
Behold, that. — Better, Look! for thus, &c. The poet calls attention to the charming picture he has drawn of domestic bliss and then points his moral.
Behold, that. — Better, Look! for thus, &c. The poet calls attention to the charming picture he has drawn of domestic bliss and then points his moral.
Verse Psalms 128:4. _THUS SHALL THE MAN BE BLESSED THAT FEARETH THE LORD._] A _great price_ for a small consideration. Fear God, and thou shalt have as much domestic good as may be useful to thee....
BEHOLD, THAT THUS SHALL THE MAN BE BLESSED ... - As if he had said, “Look upon this picture. See the farmer cultivating his fields; see him gathering in the grain; see him at his own table calmly, qui...
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...
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....
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. MAN. a strong man (plural) Hebrew. _geber._ App-14. BLESSED. Not the same word as in Psalms 128:1. That is happy (_Beatitudo_); this is blessed (_Benedi...
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
Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD. BEHOLD, THAT THUS SHALL THE MAN BE BLESSED THAT FEARETH THE LORD. "Behold" calls attention, as we are all too little observant of...
128:4 man (f-5) _ Geber_ . see Job 3:3 . 'Mighty, Psalms 127:4 , is _ Gibbor_ ....
The man who fears God will be blessed in his family life. The Ps. has been called the 'Home, Sweet Home 'of Judaism....
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ PSALMS 128 PSALMS FOR CLIMBING; PSALMS 120:134 Jesus said, "We wi
הִנֵּ֣ה כִי ־כֵ֭ן יְבֹ֥רַךְ גָּ֗בֶר יְרֵ֣א יְ
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...
“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...
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...
_Necks. Hebrew, "collars," (Theodotion) "snares," (Symmachus) or "bands," with which they have oppressed us. Cyrus abandoned the Babylonians to be slaves of those Persians who had taken them, and made...
4._Lo! surely, thus blessed shall be the man who feareth Jehovah. _The preceding doctrine, that even in the outward condition of God’s servants while in this transitory state there is afforded such ev...
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...
BEHOLD, THAT THUS SHALL THE MAN BE BLESSED THAT FEARETH THE LORD. In the manner before described, and in the instances already given, as well as in the following; this is said to raise attention, and...
Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD. Ver. 4. _Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed, &c._] "Behold," and "that thus"; _q.d._ Know it for a truth, and rest assured of...
Behold that thus shall the man be blessed, with the rich blessings of God's kindness, THAT FEARETH THE LORD, whose faith works in him the true reverential regard for Jehovah and the willingness to wal...
THE HAPPINESS OF THE PIOUS. A song of degrees, setting forth the temporal blessings of true piety. Cf Zechariah 8....
No text from Poole on this verse....
Psalms 128:4 man H1397 blessed H1288 (H8792) fears H3373 LORD H3068...
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...
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...
_Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine._ A PATTERN WIFE There are trailing slatterns, like brambles and nettles, who leave conspicuous in a dwelling what they should conceal, and choke with unsightlin...
_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...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 128:1. This wisdom psalm expands some of the topics in Psalms 127:1....
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...
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...
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...
Judges 5:24; Proverbs 1:7; Psalms 111:10; Psalms 112:2...