Psalm 128
1 Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord; that walketh in his ways.
† 1 Blessed are | all | they ||
that fear the | Lord, and | 3 walk in his | ways. ||
2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
2 For thou shalt eat the | labours • of thine | hands: ||
O | well is • thee, and | happy • shalt thou | be. ||
3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
3 Thy wife shall be as the fruitful vine upon the | 3 walls of thine | house; ||
4 Thy children like the olive-branches | round a- | bout thy | table. ||
4 Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord.
5 The Lord shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
† 5 Lo, | thus • shall the | man ||
be | blessed that | 3 feareth the | Lord. ||
6 Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, and peace upon Israel.
6 The Lord from out of | Sion shall • so | bless thee, ||
that thou shalt see Jerusalem in pros- | 3 perity | 3 all thy life | long; ||
† 7 Yea, that | thou shalt | see ||
thy children's | children, • and | peace up•on | Isra•el. ||
About the Pointing
The text of the Coverdale Psalter follows the 1928 American Book of Common Prayer. The pointing, suitably adapted, is taken from Charles Macpherson, Edward C. Bairstow, and Percy C. Buck, The English Psalter (Novello & Co., 1925).