Chapter Text
127:1 A gradual canticle. Blessed are all they that fear the Lord: that walk in his ways.
127:2 For thou shalt eat the labours of thy hands: blessed art thou, and it shall be well with thee.
127:3 Thy wife as a fruitful vine, on the sides of thy house. Thy children as olive plants, round about thy table.
127:4 Behold, thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord.
127:5 May the Lord bless thee out of Sion: and mayst thou see the good things of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
127:6 And mayst thou see thy children's children, peace upon Israel.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "gradual", "canticle", "blessed", "fear", "lord", "walk", "ways", and "thou". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "gradual" and "canticle", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The local DRB text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "gradual" and "canticle" carries the first interpretive weight. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "gradual" and "canticle" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.