Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
Thy wife (shall be) as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house - or 'in the inner parts' (Hengstenberg Thy wife (shall be) as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house - or, 'in the inner parts' (Hengstenberg, note, Psalms 48:2): the most comfortable and secure place "of thine house." The idea is that of a happy home, as contrasted with Israel's past homeless state. Compare the phrase, 1 Sam. 35:3 ; also Titus 2:3. A numerous and flourishing posterity is hereby premised to the seemingly decaying Israel (cf. Zechariah 8:5).
Thy children like olive plants round about thy table. The olive represents peace, fatness, joy, and flourishing prosperity (Psalms 52:8; Jeremiah 11:16).