http://www.heartlight.orgPsa 128:1 A Song of degrees. Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.
Psa 128:2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
Psa 128:3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
Psa 128:4 Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.
Psa 128:5 The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
Psa 128:6 Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, and peace upon Israel.
Psa 128:6
Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children - This is a continuation of the idea of blessedness as connected with a numerous posterity - an object of so much interest to the Hebrews (see the notes at Psa_128:3), and having its foundation in our nature.
And peace upon Israel - See Psa_125:5. As the crowning blessing; a blessing above that of success in worldly affairs; above that of seeing a numerous and happy posterity. The love of God is the supreme affection in the mind of a pious man; the desire that his cause may prosper and triumph is to him a supreme desire. Man is truly and completely blessed only in religion.
[Albert Barnes notes on the Bible]
Psa 128:6
Long life crowns all other temporal favors. As Psa_125:5, this Psalm closes with a prayer for peace, with prosperity for God’s people.
[Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary]
Psa 128:6 Yea, thou shall see thy children's children,.... A numerous race of descendants from him, which are the crown and glory of old men, Pro_17:6; this is also true of Christ's spiritual children by his church in successive ages, Isa_59:21;
and peace upon Israel: all kind of prosperity, temporal and spiritual; peace, and abundance of it; as will be in the latter day, in the spiritual reign of Christ, Psa_72:8. It may be considered as a wish or prayer, with which the psalm is concluded; let "peace be upon Israel" (a), as in Psa_125:5; see Gal_6:16.
(a) שלום על ישראל "pax sit super Israele", Cocceius; so Gejerus.
[John Gill Commentary]
Psa 128:6
Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children - Thou shall not die till thou have seen thy family all settled in the world, and those of them who may be married blessed with children.
And peace upon Israel - This is the same conclusion as in Psa_125:1-5; and should be translated, Peace be upon Israel! May God favor his own cause, and bless all his people!
[Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible]
