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See also Psalms 128:2 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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....

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    128:2 thee. (h-20) Or 'If thou eat the labour of thy hands, happy art thou, and it is well with thee.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    The man who fears God will be blessed in his family life. The Ps. has been called the 'Home, Sweet Home 'of Judaism....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ PSALMS 128 PSALMS FOR CLIMBING; PSALMS 120:134 Jesus said, "We wi

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    יְגִ֣יעַ כַּ֭פֶּיךָ כִּ֣י תֹאכֵ֑ל אַ֝שְׁרֶ֗יךָ וְ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

      “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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _But. Or "for," etenim. On this account they repeated their attacks. (Haydock) --- But the psalmist testifies that they will not succeed. (Worthington)_...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE HAPPINESS OF THE PIOUS. A song of degrees, setting forth the temporal blessings of true piety. Cf Zechariah 8....

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THOU SHALT EAT THE LABOUR OF THINE HANDS; thy labour shall not be vain and fruitless, and the fruit of thy labours shall not be taken away from thee, and possessed by others, as God threatened to the...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 128:2 eat H398 (H8799) labor H3018 hands H3709 happy H835 well H2896 thou shalt eat - Ge

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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 Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 128:1. This wisdom psalm expands some of the topics in Psalms 127:1....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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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