Psalms 128:2 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 128:2

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

KJV

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ASV

For thou shalt eat the labor of thy hands: Happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

WEB

For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours.

YLT

The labour of thy hands thou surely eatest, Happy art thou, and good is to thee.

DBT

For thou shalt eat the labour of thy hands; happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

About this book

Old Testament

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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Cross-references

29 verses on the floor

Isaiah 3:10
Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
Psalms 1:3
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
Isaiah 62:8
The Lord hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:
Isaiah 65:21–23
And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
Genesis 2:15
And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

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Happy shalt thou be, that is, It shall be well with thee; whatever befals thee, good shall be brought out of it; it shall be well with thee while thou livest, better when thou diest, and best of all to eternity." It is asserted (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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