Chapter Text
128:1 Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.
128:2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
128:3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
128:4 Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.
128:5 The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
128:6 Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, and peace upon Israel.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "blessed", "feareth", "lord", "walketh", "ways", "thou", "shalt", and "labour". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "blessed" and "feareth", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The local KJV text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "blessed" and "feareth" 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 "blessed" and "feareth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.