Sign in
Psalms 128:3 — King James Version← Study notes

Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.


Psalms 128:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 128:310 words
HebrewMeaning
אֶשְׁתְּ/ךָ֤ʾešətəkā
wife yournounH802
each · every · female · many ···
כְּ/גֶ֥פֶןkəgepen
will be like a vinepronH1612
tree
פֹּרִיָּה֮pōriyāh
fruitfulverbH6509
bring forth · (be · cause to be · make) fruitful ···
בְּ/יַרְכְּתֵ֪יbəyarəkətēy
in the innermost parts ofpronH3411
coast · part · quarter · side
בֵ֫יתֶ֥/ךָbēytekā
house yournounH1004
daughter · door · dungeon · family ···
בָּ֭נֶי/ךָbāneykā
children yournounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
כִּ/שְׁתִלֵ֣יkišətilēy
will be like shoots ofpronH8363
זֵיתִ֑יםzēytiym
olive treesnounH2132
-yard) · Olivet
סָ֝בִ֗יבsābiyb
aroundnounH5439
round) about · circuit · compass · on every side
לְ/שֻׁלְחָנֶֽ/ךָləšuləḥānekā
table yourpronH7979
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 128:3

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
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
Publish a note on this verse
No notes on this verse yet. Be the first to write one!