Psalms
The Psalter is Israel’s hymnbook: lament, praise, thanksgiving, royal psalms, and wisdom. It trains the heart to speak to God in trouble and in joy, and it points ahead to the Messiah.
American Standard Version
Psalms 128
1A Song of Ascents. Blessed is every one that feareth Jehovah, That walketh in his ways. 2For thou shalt eat the labor of thy hands: Happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. 3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine, In the innermost parts of thy house; Thy children like olive plants, Round about thy table. 4Behold, thus shall the man be blessed That feareth Jehovah. 5Jehovah bless thee out of Zion: And see thou the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life. 6Yea, see thou thy children’s children. Peace be upon Israel.
American Standard Version (1901). Copyright expired. Public domain.