A psalm written for those going up to the temple to worship

128 ◄Happy are/Yahweh is pleased with► those of you who revere him

and do what he wants you to do [IDM].

2 You will be able to earn the money that you [MTY] need to buy food;

you will be happy and you will be prosperous.

3 Your wife will be like a grapevine that bears many grapes [SIM];

she will give birth to many children.

Your children who sit around your table

will be like a strong olive tree that has many shoots growing up around it [SIM].

4 Every man who reveres Yahweh

will be blessed like that.

5 I wish/hope that Yahweh will bless all of you from where he dwells ◄on Zion Hill/in Jerusalem►

and that you will see the people of Jerusalem prospering every day that you live!

6 I desire that you will live many years,

long enough to see your grandchildren.

I desire/hope that things will go well for the people in Israel!