Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 128:6
Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, [and] peace upon Israel.
6. May he live to a good old age and see his family perpetuated in his grandchildren. Cp. Pro 17:6, and contrast the curse, Psa 109:13.
and peace upon Israel ] Though the construction of the A.V. is possible, it is better to take these words, as in Psa 125:5, as a separate clause, Peace be upon Israel.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Yea, thou shalt see thy childrens children – This is a continuation of the idea of blessedness as connected with a numerous posterity – an object of so much interest to the Hebrews (see the notes at Psa 128:3), and having its foundation in our nature.
And peace upon Israel – See Psa 125:5. As the crowning blessing; a blessing above that of success in worldly affairs; above that of seeing a numerous and happy posterity. The love of God is the supreme affection in the mind of a pious man; the desire that his cause may prosper and triumph is to him a supreme desire. Man is truly and completely blessed only in religion.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 6. Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children] Thou shall not die till thou have seen thy family all settled in the world, and those of them who may be married blessed with children.
And peace upon Israel.] This is the same conclusion as in Ps 125:5; and should be translated, Peace be upon Israel! May God favour his own cause, and bless all his people!
ANALYSIS OF THE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHTH PSALM
In this Psalm the prophet persuades men to fear God upon the several rewards that attend upon piety.
It is divided into three parts.
I. He describes the pious man, and pronounces him blessed, Ps 128:1.
II. He proposes the particulars of his blessing, Ps 128:2-6.
III. He gives his acclamation to it, Ps 128:4.
I. He describes the man who is to expect the blessing. Two qualities he must have: –
1. He must “fear the Lord.” Fear, and not decline from him.
2. He must “walk in his ways.” This is the true character of his fear.
3. This man shall be “blessed.” Whether rich or poor, high or low; all such shall experience the blessing of the Lord.
II. And the blessedness consists in three particulars.
1. He shall enjoy those goods he has honestly obtained with his hands: “For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands:” his happiness consists not in having much, but in enjoying what he has.
2. “Happy shalt thou be,” &c. Able to help others, and leave to thy children.
3. Happy he shall be in his marriage, if his choice be prudent, and in the Lord: 1. “His wife shall be,” &c. Fetifera, non sterilis. 2. Upon the walls of thy house. Staying at home and caring for the things of the house, while her husband is taking care abroad.
4. Happy in his children: 1. “Thy children like olive-plants.” Fresh, green, spreading, fruitful, and pledges of peace: not like sharp and prickly thorns. 2. “Round about thy table.” Sit, eat, and converse with thee.
III. The acclamation follows these temporal blessings: “Thus shall the man be blessed,” &c. In his goods, wife, and children.
But there is a blessing far beyond these, the sum of which is, –
1. God’s blessing: “The Lord shall bless thee,” &c. By a federal, a Church blessing.
2. “Thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem,” &c. The prosperity of the Church.
3. “Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children.”
Et natos natorum, et qui nascuntur ab illis.
“Thy children’s children, and those born of them.”
4. “And peace upon Israel.” A flourishing commonwealth and kingdom: for by peace is understood all prosperity.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Not only upon Jerusalem, and the parts adjacent, but upon all the tribes and people of Israel.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
6. Long life crowns all othertemporal favors. As Ps 125:5,this Psalm closes with a prayer for peace, with prosperity for God’speople.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Yea, thou shall see thy children’s children,…. A numerous race of descendants from him, which are the crown and glory of old men,
Pr 17:6; this is also true of Christ’s spiritual children by his church in successive ages, Isa 59:21;
[and] peace upon Israel: all kind of prosperity, temporal and spiritual; peace, and abundance of it; as will be in the latter day, in the spiritual reign of Christ, Ps 72:8. It may be considered as a wish or prayer, with which the psalm is concluded; let “peace be upon Israel” a, as in Ps 125:5; see Ga 6:16.
a “pax sit super Israele”, Cocceius; so Gejerus.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(6) Childrens children.Dr. Perowne illustrates from Virgil: adspicies . . . natos natorum et qui nascentur ab illis. (Comp. Zec. 8:4-5.)
And peace . . .The conjunction spoils the passage. The psalm concludes with the prayer, Peace upon Israel. (Comp. Psa. 125:5.)
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
6. So far as this may apply to the returned exiles, compare Zec 8:4-5.
Peace upon Israel There is no and in the original, as in our English version, and it does not belong here: Peace to Israel is simply a form of parting salutation, as in Psa 125:5, having ended his psalm of blessing.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
REFLECTIONS
READER! do not hastily pass by the blessed view of Jesus as the Bridegroom and Husband of his Church; for sonic of the sweetest Views of happiness, even eternal happiness, are to be found in it. It is indeed a mysterious union; but it is a most blessed one; an indissoluble, eternal union. And as it is founded in the everlasting purposes and councils of Jehovah, it may well demand our greatest affection and regard! By virtue of this oneness with Christ, his people are interested in everything that concerns him as the Mediator. He hath paid our dreadful debt; he hath disannulled our former marriage with sin and the law; he hath entitled us to all dowry, and in his blessedness made all his people blessed. Oh! thou almighty Bridegroom! how gracious Nast thou been to our poor nature! Take, Lord, the whole hearts and affections of thy people in return, and let this be the highest desire of all thy redeemed to say with the Church, My beloved is mine, and I am his: my Maker is mine Husband, the Lord of Hosts is his name; and my Redeemer, the Holy one of Israel, the God of the whole earth shall he be called?
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Psa 128:6 Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, [and] peace upon Israel.
Ver. 6. Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children] A faithfid man shall abound with blessings, Pro 28:20 , he shall have all that heart can wish or need require.
And peace upon Israel
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
thou shalt see. Hezekiah did see.
peace. Because this Psalm concludes a group.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
thou shalt see: Gen 50:23, Job 42:16
peace: Psa 125:5, Isa 66:12, Gal 1:16
Reciprocal: Gen 48:1 – his two sons Deu 33:24 – Asher be blessed 1Ki 1:48 – mine eyes Psa 107:41 – maketh Pro 3:2 – length Pro 13:22 – leaveth Jer 32:39 – for the