Psalms 128:5

The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life. THE LORD SHALL BLESS THEE OUT OF ZION - His seat, whence, out of His 'sanctuary' there, He distributes abroad His benefits (). AND THOU SHALT SEE THE FOOD OF JERUSALEM ALL THE DAYS OF THY LIFE - literally, imperative see; implying the certainly of the promise. So the imperative, . Jerusalem is the center of national and spiritual life and light to the whole land. Its prosperity involves that of the nation (Psalms 122:1; )....

5._Jehovah shall bless thee from Zion. _Some, would have this sentence to be a prayer, and therefore they resolve the future tense into the optative mood. But it seems rather to be a continued statement of the same doctrine previously dwelt on, the Prophet now expressing more plainly that the benefits which he has recounted are to be ascribed to God as their author. Although the gifts of God often present themselves before our eyes, yet through the obscurity which false imaginations throw around them our perception of them is dim and imperfect. Hence this repetition of the sentiment, That whenever true believers meet with any prosperous events in the course of their life, it is the effect of the divine blessing, is not to be deemed superfluous. The persons described are said to be blessed _from Zion, _to lead them to call to remembrance the covenant into which God had entered with them,...

Verse Psalms 128:5. _THE LORD SHALL BLESS THEE OUT OF ZION_] In all thy approaches to him in his house by prayer, by sacrifice, and by offering, thou shalt have his especial blessing. Thou shalt thrive every _where_, and in all _things_. _AND THOU SHALT SEE THE GOOD OF JERUSALEM_] Thou shalt see the cause of God flourish in thy lifetime, and his Church in great prosperity....

THE LORD SHALL BLESS THEE OUT OF ZION - Will not merely bless thee in the field and in the house, but will add blessings that seem to come more directly out of Zion, or that seem to be more directly connected with religion: shall bless thee with religious influences in thine own family; shall bless thee by permitting thee to see the growth of the church and the conversion of souls. AND THOU SHALT SEE THE GOOD OF JERUSALEM - The prosperity, the happiness of Jerusalem: that is, the good of the church; the advancement of pure religion. The Hebrew might be rendered, “And look thou upon the good of Jerusalem” - in the imperative; and, thus rendered, it would be a command to regard, in these circumstances, the welfare of Jerusalem, or the prosperity of the church; but the language will also admit of the other construction, and the connection seems to require it. Thus understood, it is a promis...

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 shall be blessed. Five points of blessedness are enumerated (Psalms 128:2, Psalms 128:3, Psalms 128:5, Psalms 128:6); but no one of them seems to attach especially to pilgrims visiting Jerusalem. The picture of domestic life is pleasing, and one scarcely touched by any other psalmist. PSALMS 128:1...

THE LORD SHALL BLESS THEE OUT OF ZION,.... The church of God, where he dwells, out of which he shines, even the Word of the Lord, as the Targum in the king's Bible; and where he commands his blessings of grace to descend on his people, even life for evermore, Psalms 133:3. Here he blesses them with his word and ordinances, which are the goodness and fatness of his house, and with his presence in them; so that the man that fears God is blessed, not only in his person, and in his family, but in the house of God; see Psalms 118:26; AND THOU SHALL SEE THE GOOD OF JERUSALEM ALL THE DAYS OF THY LIFE; the goodness of God in Jerusalem, which is another name for the church of God; the beauty of the Lord in his house and ordinances; his power and his glory in the sanctuary: or should see the ch

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 celebrate the feasts of the Lord--”Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, a testimony for Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.” They are indeed Psalms of “the goings-up” for we rise higher and higher as we read through them. Prophetically they give us again the steps from trial and suffering to the glorious consummation. As they are so simple in language and construction no lengthy annotations are needed. Psalms 120:1 begins with distress, picturing again the suffering of the righteous godly remnant. In Psalms 121:1 the Keeper of Israel, the Covenant Keeping God, is revealed

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. OLIVE PLANTS are a type of fruitfulness. As the parent tree decays, new plants sprout from the roots. They are also an image of beauty and freshness....

AND THOU SHALT SEE: or, That thou mayest see....

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 in Such a Home. (Lm.) Song of the Steps. 1 How happy every one who revereth Jehovah who walketh in his ways! 2 The toil of thine own hands when thou eatest how happy for thee! and good for thine! 3 Thy wife like a fruitful vine in the recesses of thy house! Thy children like plantings of olive-trees around thy table! 4 Lo! surely thus shall be blessed the man who revereth Jehovah. 5 May Jehovah bless th