1.
Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.
Title. A Song of degrees. Same as 120. See App-67 .
Blessed is = O the happinesses of. See the Beatitudes. App-63 .
feareth = revereth.
2.
For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
labour. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6 , for that which is produced by labour.
thine hands: i.e. thine own hands, in contrast with the opposite (Leviticus 26:16 . Deuteronomy 28:30-33 , Deuteronomy 28:39 , Deuteronomy 28:40 ). See also Amos 5:11 .Micah 6:15 .
3.
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
wife . . . fruitful. The reference is, as in Psalms 127 to the fact that Hezekiah was childless at this time and ionged for an heir. App-67 .
children = sons.
4.
Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.
Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6 .
man = a strong man (plural) Hebrew. geber. App-14 .
blessed. Not the same word as in Psalms 128:1 . That is happy ( Beatitudo ); this is blessed ( Benedictio ).
5.
The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
And thou shalt see: or, That thou mayest see.
6.
Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, and peace upon Israel.
thou shalt see. Hezekiah did see.
peace. Because this Psalm concludes a group.