Children’s children. — Dr. Perowne illustrates from Virgil: “adspicies ... natos natorum et qui nascentur ab illis.” (Comp. Zechariah 8:4.)
And peace... — The conjunction spoils the passage. The psalm concludes with the prayer, “Peace upon Israel.” (Comp. Psalms 125:5.)
Verse Psalms 128:6. _YEA, THOU SHALT SEE THY CHILDREN'S CHILDREN_] Thou shall not die till thou have seen thy family all settled in the world, and those of them who may be _married_ blessed with child...
YEA, THOU SHALT SEE THY CHILDREN’S CHILDREN - This is a continuation of the idea of blessedness as connected with a numerous posterity - an object of so much interest to the Hebrews (see the notes at...
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....
THOU SHALT SEE. Hezekiah _did_ see. PEACE. Because this Psalm concludes. group....
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
Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, and peace upon Israel. YEA, THOU SHALT SEE THY CHILDREN'S CHILDREN - like Job () and Joseph (.) Cf . On the contrary, in times of national distress, me...
128:6 Israel! (k-9) Or '... children [and] peace upon Israel.'...
The man who fears God will be blessed in his family life. The Ps. has been called the 'Home, Sweet Home 'of Judaism....
The Psalmist closes with a note of patriotism: RV 'Peace be upon Israel.'...
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ PSALMS 128 PSALMS FOR CLIMBING; PSALMS 120:134 Jesus said, "We wi
וּ רְאֵֽה ־בָנִ֥ים לְ בָנֶ֑יךָ שָׁ֝לֹ֗ום עַל
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...
PSALM CXXVIII. (S\'c6PE EXPUGNAVERUNT.) The Church of God is invincible: her persecutors come to nothing. Houses. Which were flat, so that grass might grow, but the heat of the climate would not suf...
REFLECTIONS READER! do not hastily pass by the blessed view of Jesus as the Bridegroom and Husband of his Church; for sonic of the sweetest Views of happiness, even eternal happiness, are to be found...
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...
YEA, THOU SHALL SEE THY CHILDREN'S CHILDREN,.... A numerous race of descendants from him, which are the crown and glory of old men, Proverbs 17:6; this is also true of Christ's spiritual children by...
Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, [and] peace upon Israel. Ver. 6. Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children] A faithfid man shall abound with blessings, Proverbs 28:20, he shall have al...
_The Lord shall bless thee out of Zion_ Where the ark of the covenant was, and where the pious Israelites attended to offer their devotions. He will bless thee with those spiritual and everlasting ble...
Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, along and happy life being considered one of the Lord's special blessings, AND PEACE UPON ISRAEL, rather, in the form of a prayer: "Peace be upon Israel,...
THE HAPPINESS OF THE PIOUS. A song of degrees, setting forth the temporal blessings of true piety. Cf Zechariah 8....
Not only upon Jerusalem, and the parts adjacent, but upon all the tribes and people of Israel....
Psalms 128:6 see H7200 (H8798) childrens H1121 children H1121 Peace H7965 Israel H3478 thou shalt see -...
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...
_The Lord shall bless thee out of Zion._ BLESSING OUT OF ZION 1. What measure soever of things temporal the Lord shall give to the man that feareth Him, He reserveth unto him all the promises of rig...
_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....
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 128:5 MAY YOU SEE YOUR CHILDREN’S CHILDREN. This includes living to be old enough to see one’s grandchildren and the delight they give (Proverbs
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...
Galatians 1:16; Genesis 50:23; Isaiah 66:12; Job 42:16; Psalms 125:5