Psalm 127
Ψαλμοί
Psalm 128 in the Hebrew numbering, which most Western Bibles follow.
1 ᾨδὴ τῶν ἀναβαθμῶν. ΜΑΚΑΡΙΟΙ πάντες οἱ φοβούμενοι τὸν Κύριον, οἱ πορευόμενοι ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὐτοῦ.
(128) A Song of Degrees. Blessed are all they that fear the Lord; who walk in his ways.
2 τοὺς πόνους τῶν καρπῶν σου φάγεσαι· μακάριος εἶ, καὶ καλῶς σοι ἔσται.
You shall eat the labours of your hands: blessed are you, and it shall be well with you.
3 ἡ γυνή σου ὡς ἄμπελος εὐθηνοῦσα ἐν τοῖς κλίτεσι τῆς οἰκίας σου· οἱ υἱοί σου ὡς νεόφυτα ἐλαιῶν κύκλῳ τῆς τραπέζης σου.
Your wife shall be as a fruitful vine on the sides of your house: your children as young olive-plants round about your table.
4 ἰδοὺ οὕτως εὐλογηθήσεται ἄνθρωπος ὁ φοβούμενος τὸν Κύριον.
Behold, thus shall the man be blessed that fears the Lord.
5 εὐλογήσαι σε Κύριος ἐκ Σιών, καὶ ἴδοις τὰ ἀγαθὰ Ἱερουσαλὴμ πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς ζωῆς σου·
May the Lord bless you out of Sion; and may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life.
6 καὶ ἴδοις υἱοὺς τῶν υἱῶν σου. εἰρήνη ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰσραήλ.
And may you see your children's children. Peace be upon Israel.
Greek: the Septuagint as the Orthodox Media Network published it (Mount Athos); 2 Maccabees and the Prayer of Manasseh from Brenton's edition (1851). English: Brenton's translation (1851), its spelling updated by Michael Paul Johnson; public domain. About these texts.