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Psalm 128 Noah Webster's Bible (1833)

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  • Protestant
  • OT: Masoretic Hebrew
  • NT: Textus Receptus
  • Protestant (66 books)
  • Formal (word for word)
  • 1833
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Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 A Song of degrees. Blessed [is] every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.
1 Cántico gradual. BIENAVENTURADO todo aquel que teme á Jehová, que anda en sus caminos.
1 A Song of Ascents. Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways.
2 For thou shalt eat the labor of thy hands: happy [shalt] thou be, and [it shall be] well with thee.
2 Cuando comieres el trabajo de tus manos, bienaventurado tú, y tendrás bien.
2 For you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be happy, and it will be well with you.
3 Thy wife [shall be] as a fruitful vine by the sides of thy house: thy children like olive plants around thy table.
3 Tu mujer será como parra que lleva fruto á los lados de tu casa; tus hijos como plantas de olivas alrededor de tu mesa.
3 Your wife will be as a fruitful vine in the innermost parts of your house, your children like olive shoots around your table.
4 Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.
4 He aquí que así será bendito el hombre que teme á Jehová.
4 Behold, this is how the man who fears Yahweh is blessed.
5 The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
5 Bendígate Jehová desde Sión, y veas el bien de Jerusalem todos los días de tu vida.
5 May Yahweh bless you out of Zion, and may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life.
6 Yes, thou shalt see thy children's children, [and] peace upon Israel.
6 Y veas los hijos de tus hijos, y la paz sobre Israel.
6 Yes, may you see your children’s children. Peace be upon Israel.
Cross references (5)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Psalm 112:1; Psalm 119:1; Psalm 103:13; Luke 1:50; Psalm 1:1–3
  2. 2 Isaiah 3:10; Isaiah 62:8; Isaiah 65:21–23; Ecclesiastes 5:18–19; Deuteronomy 28:4
  3. 3 Ezekiel 19:10; Psalm 52:8; Romans 11:24; Proverbs 5:15–18; Genesis 49:22
  4. 5 Psalm 134:3; Psalm 20:2; Isaiah 33:20; Psalm 118:26; Psalm 122:6
  5. 6 Job 42:16; Genesis 50:23; Isaiah 66:12; Proverbs 17:6; Psalm 125:5

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

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What the Fathers said

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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Commentary Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm CXXVII)

    Among all the Songs entitled the Song of degrees, this Psalm hath a further addition in the title, that it is "Solomon's." For thus it is entitled, "A Song of degrees of Solomon." It hath therefore aroused our attention, and caused us to enquire the reason of this addition, "of Solomon." For it is needless to repeat explanations of the …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)