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Psalms 128:1 open_in_new
Title.. Song of degrees. Same as 120. See App-67.
Blessed is. O the happinesses of. See the Beatitudes. App-63.
feareth. revereth.
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Psalms 128:2 open_in_new
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; Deuteronomy 28:30-33; Deuteronomy 28:39; Deuteronomy 28:40). See also Amos 5:11.Micah 6:15.
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Psalms 128:3 open_in_new
wife... fruitful. The reference is, as in Psalms 127 to the fact that Hezekiah was childless at this time and ionged for an heir. App-67.
children. sons.
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Psalms 128:4 open_in_new
Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.
man. a strong man (plural) Hebrew. geber. App-14.
blessed. Not the same word as in Psalms 128:1. That is happy (Beatitudo); this is blessed (Benedictio).
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Psalms 128:5 open_in_new
And thou shalt see: or, That thou mayest see.
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Psalms 128:6 open_in_new
thou shalt see. Hezekiah did see.
peace. Because this Psalm concludes. group.