New English Translation
Psalms 128:2
2You will eat what you worked so hard to grow. You will be blessed and secure.
Psalms 128:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
- New International Version (NIV)You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessings and prosperity will be yours.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)When you eat the labor of your hands, You shall be happy, and it shall be well with you.
Context of Psalms 128:2
1How blessed is every one of the Lord’s loyal followers, each one who keeps his commands! You will eat what you worked so hard to grow. You will be blessed and secure. 3Your wife will be like a fruitful vine in the inner rooms of your house; your children will be like olive branches, as they sit all around your table. 4Yes indeed, the man who fears the Lord will be blessed in this way.
Read all of Psalms 128Psalms 128:2 word by word
יְגִ֣יעַ כַּ֭פֶּיךָ כִּ֣י תֹאכֵ֑ל אַ֝שְׁרֶ֗יךָ וְט֣וֹב לָֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 128:2
- Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your brow you will eat food until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you will return.”
- Deuteronomy 28:4Your children will be blessed, as well as the produce of your soil, the offspring of your livestock, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.
- Judges 6:3Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east would attack them.
- Ecclesiastes 5:18I have seen personally what is the only beneficial and appropriate course of action for people: to eat and drink, and find enjoyment in all their hard work on earth during the few days of their life which God has given them, for this is their reward.
- Isaiah 62:8The Lord swears an oath by his right hand, by his strong arm: “I will never again give your grain to your enemies as food, and foreigners will not drink your wine, which you worked hard to produce.
- Isaiah 65:13So this is what the sovereign Lord says: “Look, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry! Look, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty! Look, my servants will rejoice, but you will be humiliated!
- Ecclesiastes 8:12Even though a sinner might commit a hundred crimes and still live a long time, yet I know that it will go well with God-fearing people – for they stand in fear before him.
- Isaiah 3:10Tell the innocent it will go well with them, for they will be rewarded for what they have done.
- Jeremiah 22:15Does it make you any more of a king that you outstrip everyone else in building with cedar? Just think about your father. He was content that he had food and drink. He did what was just and right. So things went well with him.
- 1 Corinthians 15:58So then, dear brothers and sisters, be firm. Do not be moved! Always be outstanding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
- Ephesians 6:3“that it may go well with you and that you will live a long time on the earth.”
Commentaries on Psalms 128:2
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2For thou shalt eat the labor of thine hands - Thou shalt enjoy the avails of thy labor; thou shalt be secure in thy rights. See the notes at Isaiah 3:10. This is a general promise respecting the prosperity which religion affords. If all people were truly religious, this would be universal, so far as man is concerned. Property would be secure; and, except so far as abundant harvests might be prevented by the direct providence of God - by blight, and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-2eating the fruit of your labor: This means gaining benefit from whatever work one does.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. For thou shalt eat--that is, It is a blessing to live on the fruits of one's own industry.Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 2If...the toil of your hands He who benefits from the toil of his hands inherits two worlds. In Tractate Berachoth (8a).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 128
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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