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Psalms 128:3

The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 128:3

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides (rather, in the inner chambers) of thine house. The second point of blessedness is a fruitful wife, content to dwell in the female apartments of the house, to keep at home () and guide the household.

Thy children like olive plants; or, "olive shoots"—the vigorous offsets from an aged olive tree, which spring up around it, ready to take its place. Round about thy table. Clustering around thy board, at once a source of cheerfulness and strength (see ).

This is the third point of blessedness.

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