Psalms 128:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. ”

Psalms 128:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For 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 th...
Psalms 128:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

For thou shalt eat the labour of thine (b) hands: happy [shalt] thou [be], and [it shall be] well with thee. (b) The world esteems them happy who live in wealth and idleness but the Holy Spirit appr...
Psalms 128:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

CXXVIII. The Blessing of a Pious Home. Psalms 128:2 a. i.e. without being robbed by the oppressor. This shows how low peasant life in Israel has sunk. Psalms 128:3 . Observe the seclusion...
Psalms 128:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

labour. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for that which is produced by labour. thine hands: i.e. thine own hands, in contrast with the opposite ( Leviticus 26:16 ; Deuteron...
Psalms 128:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2. For when thou shalt eat the labor of thy hands thou shalt be blessed. Some divide this sentence into two members, reading these words, For thou shalt eat the labor of thy hands, as a d...
Psalms 128:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be , and it shall be well with thee. Those shalt eat the labor of thine hands - Thou shalt not be exempted from labor. Thou shalt w...
Psalms 128:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands— That is, provided thou thus fear the Lord: for it is observable, that all these blessings are promised as the reward of a religious conduct, or feari...
Psalms 128:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands ( Isaiah 3:10 ) - instead of 'a nation which th...
Psalms 128:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The man who fears God will be blessed in his family life. The Ps. has been called the 'Home, Sweet Home 'of Judaism.
Psalms 128:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For thou. — The Hebrew by the position of the particle is more emphatic: “For it is the labour of thine hands thou shalt eat.” (See Note, Psalms 116:10 .) This picture of a successful and peacef...
Psalms 128:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 128:1-6 THE preceding psalm traced all prosperity and domestic felicity to God's giving hand. It painted in its close the picture of a father surrounded by his sons able to defend him. This...
Psalms 128:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“It Shall Be Well with Thee” Psalms 128:1-6 This psalm is the portrait of a godly man and his home in the best days of the Hebrew commonwealth. The husband and father , Psalms 128:1-2 . He is...
Psalms 128:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This song naturally follows the one in which Jehovah's relation to the home, as building and establishing it, is recognised. It is chiefly interesting as it reveals the singer's conception of the rel...
Psalms 128:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For thou shall eat the labour of thine hands ,.... That is, thou that fearest the Lord, and walkest in his ways. It is an apostrophe, or address to such, even to everyone of them; instancing in one...
Psalms 128:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy [shalt] thou [be], and [it shall be] well with thee. Ver. 2. For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands ] That is, thou shalt reap and receive...
Psalms 128:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thou shalt eat the labour , &c. Thy labour shall not be vain and fruitless, and the fruit of thy labour shall not be taken from thee and possessed by others, as was threatened to the disobedient...
Psalms 128:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Blessedness of the Godly. A song of degrees. 1 Blessed is every one that feareth the L ORD ; that walketh in his w...
Psalms 128:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands; thy labour shall not be vain and fruitless, and the fruit of thy labours shall not be taken away from thee, and possessed by others, as God threatened to t...
Psalms 128:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION This, like the former, is a Psalm for families. In that, we were taught that the prosperity of our families depends upon the blessing of God: in this, we are taught that the only way to...
Psalms 128:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

REFLECTIONS. We have here another family psalm. It compresses all the blessings of the Hebrew covenant into a short compass. (1) We have the character: he fears the Lord. He is in every view a...
Psalms 128:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord. The blessed tendency of true piety The subject is the blessed tendency of true piety, and the truly pious man is described as one that “feareth the L...
Psalms 128:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION IT is not quite easy to see why this psalm occurs among the "Songs of Ascents." The sentiment of it is that true religion never loses its reward; or, in other words, that whoever fe...
Psalms 128:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Happiness of the Pious. A song of degrees, setting forth the temporal blessings of true piety. Cf Zechariah 8.
Psalms 128:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:58 ; Deuteronomy 28:11 ; Deuteronomy 28:39 ; Deuteronomy 28:4 ; Deuteronomy 28:51 ; Ecclesiastes 5:18 ; Ecclesiastes 5:19 ; Ecclesiastes 8:12 ; Ephesians 6:3 ; Genesis 3:19...

Psalms 128:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 128:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 128:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 128:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 128:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 128:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 128:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 128:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 128:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 128:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 128:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 128:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 128:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 128:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 128:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 128:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 128:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 128:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 128:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 128:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 128:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 128:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 128:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 128:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge