Psalm 128-129

21st Century King James Version

128 Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord, that walketh in His ways.

² For thou shalt eat the labor of thine hands; happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

³ Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house, thy children like olive plants round about thy table.

⁴ Behold that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord.

⁵ The Lord shall bless thee out of Zion, and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.

⁶ Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, and peace upon Israel.

129 “Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth”—may Israel now say—

² “many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me.

³ The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.”

⁴ The Lord is righteous; He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

⁵ Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

⁶ Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth before it groweth up,

⁷ wherewith the mower filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves, his bosom.

⁸ Neither do those who go by say, “The blessing of the Lord be upon you; we bless you in the name of the Lord.”