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Psalms 128:2 — King James Version← Study notes

For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.


Psalms 128:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 128:27 words
HebrewMeaning
יְגִ֣יעַyəgiyʿa
the product ofnounH3018
work
כַּ֭פֶּי/ךָkapeykā
hands yournounH3709
foot · hand · -dle · ) ···
כִּ֣יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
תֹאכֵ֑לtōʾkēl
you will eatverbH398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
אַ֝שְׁרֶ֗י/ךָʾašəreykā
how blessed are! younounH835
happy
וְ/ט֣וֹבwəṭwōb
beautifulconjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
לָֽ/ךְlākə
pron
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 128:2

1. Felix the Martyr, truly Felix, i.e. “Happy” both in his name and his crown, whose birthday this is, despised the world. Was he, because he feared the Lord, thence happy, thence blessed, because his wife was as a fruitful vine upon the earth, and his children stood around his table? All these blessings he has perfectly, but in the Body of Him who is here described; and, because he understood them in this sense, he scorned things present, that he might receive things future.…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 128
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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