Psa 128:2-6 | NET2full | STEP | You will eat what you worked so hard to grow. You will be blessed and secure .

‏ Psalms 128:2-6

2 You ^{▼▼tn The psalmist addresses the representative God-fearing man, as indicated by the references to “your wife” (v. 3) and “the man” (v. 4), as well as the second masculine singular pronominal and verbal forms in vv. 2-6.} will eat what you worked so hard to grow. ^{▼▼tn Heb “the work of your hands, indeed you will eat.”}
You will be blessed and secure. ^{▼▼tn Heb “how blessed you [will be] and it will be good for you.”}
3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine ^{▼▼sn The metaphor of the fruitful vine pictures the wife as fertile; she will give her husband numerous children (see the next line).}
in the inner rooms of your house;
your children ^{▼▼tn One could translate “sons” (see Ps 127:3 and the note on the word “sons” there), but here the term seems to refer more generally to children of both genders.} will be like olive branches,
as they sit all around your table.
4 Yes indeed, the man who fears the Lord
will be blessed in this way. ^{▼▼tn Heb “look, indeed thus will the man, the fearer of the Lord, be blessed.”}
5 May the Lord bless you ^{▼▼tn The prefixed verbal form is understood as a jussive of prayer (note the imperatives that are subordinated to this clause in vv. 5b-6a). Having described the blessings that typically come to the godly, the psalmist concludes by praying that this ideal may become reality for the representative godly man being addressed.} from Zion
that you might see ^{▼▼tn The imperative with prefixed vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding jussive.} Jerusalem prosper
all the days of your life
6 and that you might see ^{▼▼tn The imperative with prefixed vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the jussive in v. 5a.} your grandchildren. ^{▼▼tn Heb “sons to your sons.”}
May Israel experience peace. ^{▼▼tn Heb “peace [be] upon Israel.” The statement is understood as a prayer (see Ps 125:5).}