Psalm 128 (127):2Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
For thou shalt eat the labours of thy hands: blessed art thou, and it shall be well with thee.
יְגִ֣יעַ כַּ֭פֶּיךָ כִּ֣י תֹאכֵ֑ל אַ֝שְׁרֶ֗יךָ וְט֣וֹב לָֽךְ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Isa 3:10Say to the just man that it is well, for he shall eat the fruit of his doings.
- Isa 62:8The Lord hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength: Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thy enemies: and the sons of the strangers shall not drink thy wine, for which thou hast laboured.
- Isa 65:21And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruits of them.
- Isa 65:23My elect shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth in trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their posterity with them.
- Eccl 5:18And every man to whom God hath given riches, and substance, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to enjoy his portion, and to rejoice of his labour: this is the gift of God.
- Eccl 5:19For he shall not much remember the days of his life, because God entertaineth his heart with delight.
- Deut 28:4Blessed shall be the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the droves of thy herds, and the folds of thy sheep.
- Deut 28:11The Lord will make thee abound with all goods, with the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy cattle, with the fruit of thy land, which the Lord swore to thy fathers that he would give thee.