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.

Author: David and others
Date: c. 1400–400 BC
Theme: Prayers and songs for every season of the life of faith.
Key verses: Psalm 23; Psalm 51; Psalm 119:105
Darby Translation

Psalms 128

1A Song of degrees. Blessed is every one that feareth Jehovah, that walketh in his ways. 2For thou shalt eat the labour of thy hands; happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. 3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine in the inner part of thy house; thy children like olive-plants round about thy table. 4Behold, thus shall the man be blessed that feareth Jehovah. 5Jehovah will bless thee out of Zion; and mayest thou see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life, 6And see thy children's children. Peace be upon Israel!

John Nelson Darby Translation (1890). Public domain or openly redistributable. Confirm the exact edition before public display if text is later imported.