When thou eatest the labors of thine [a]hands, thou shalt be blessed, and it shall be well with thee.

Thy wife shall be as the fruitful vine on the sides of thine house, and thy [b]children like the olive plants round about thy table.

Lo, surely thus shall the man be blessed, that feareth the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 128:2 The world esteemeth them happy, which live in wealth and idleness: but the holy Ghost approveth them best that live of the mean profit of their labors.
  2. Psalm 128:3 Because God’s favor appeareth in none outward thing, more than in increase of children, he promiseth to enrich the faithful with this gift.

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