Psalms 128:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life. ”

Psalms 128:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Lord shall bless thee out of Zion - Will not merely bless thee in the field and in the house, but will add blessings that seem to come more directly out of Zion, or that seem to be more direc...
Psalms 128:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

The LORD shall (d) bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of (e) Jerusalem all the days of thy life. (d) Because of the spiritual blessing which God has made to his Church, these tempor...
Psalms 128:5 - 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 128:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

And thou shalt see: or, That thou mayest see.
Psalms 128:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5. Jehovah shall bless thee from Zion. Some, would have this sentence to be a prayer, and therefore they resolve the future tense into the optative mood. But it seems rather to be a continue...
Psalms 128:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life. The Lord shall bless thee out of Zion - In all thy approaches to him in his house by prayer,...
Psalms 128:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life. The Lord shall bless thee out of Zion - His seat, whence, out of His 'sanctuary' ther...
Psalms 128:5 - 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 128:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Shall... shalt. — Here and in the next verse the optative is plainly required: “May Jehovah,” &c; “mayst thou see,” &c. The patriotic sentiment could not wait long for expression in such a...
Psalms 128:5 - 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 128:5 - 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 128:5 - 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 128:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The Lord shall bless thee out of Zion ,.... The church of God, where he dwells, out of which he shines, even the Word of the Lord, as the Targum in the king's Bible; and where he commands his blessi...
Psalms 128:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life. Ver. 5. The Lord shall bless thee out of Zion ] viz. With spiritual benedictions, Ephesia...
Psalms 128:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Lord shall bless thee out of Zion Where the ark of the covenant was, and where the pious Israelites attended to offer their devotions. He will bless thee with those spiritual and everlasting bl...
Psalms 128:5 - 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 128:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Out of Zion; from the ark in Zion, and with those spiritual and everlasting blessings which are to be had no where but in Zion, and from the God who dwelleth in Zion, and with all other mercies whi...
Psalms 128:5 - 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 128:5 - 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 128:5 - 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 128:5 - 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 128:5 - 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 128:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ephesians 1:3 ; Isaiah 2:3 ; Isaiah 33:20 ; Psalms 118:26 ; Psalms 134:3 ; Psalms 20:2 ; Psalms 122:6

Psalms 128:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 128:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 128:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 128:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 128:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 128:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 128:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 128:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 128:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 128:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 128:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 128:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 128:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 128:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 128:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 128:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 128:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 128:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 128:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 128:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 128:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 128:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 128:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge