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Your wife will be like a vine that grows in your home,
    and it gives many grapes.
Your children will sit around your table,
    like the branches of an olive tree that are around you.[a]
Yes, if a man respects the Lord,
    that is how God blesses him.
The Lord rules from Zion,
    and I pray that he will bless you.[b]
Then you will see that Jerusalem is a good place to live in
    for as long as you live.

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Footnotes

  1. 128:3 Both word pictures mean that you will have a happy family, with many children. An olive tree has many branches.
  2. 128:5 Solomon built God's house, the temple, on Mount Zion in Jerusalem. For many Christians, Zion is a picture of heaven, where God lives.

Your wife will be like a fruitful vine(A)
    within your house;
your children(B) will be like olive shoots(C)
    around your table.
Yes, this will be the blessing(D)
    for the man who fears the Lord.(E)

May the Lord bless you from Zion;(F)
    may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem(G)
    all the days of your life.

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