The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 128:2

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

For thou shalt eat the labor of thine hands. This is the first point of the "blessedness." God's faithful servant shall enjoy the fruits of his own industry, and not have them devoured by strangers (comp.

Deuteronomy 28:33; Le Deuteronomy 26:16; Psalms 109:11). Happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee; rather, happy thou, and well is it with thee (comp. Deuteronomy 33:29).

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