Psalms 127:5
May the Lord bless thee out of Sion: and mayest thou see the good things of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Benedicat tibi Dominus ex Sion, et videas bona Jerusalem omnibus diebus vitæ tuæ.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- εὐλογήσαι σε Κύριος ἐκ Σιών, καὶ ἴδοις τὰ ἀγαθὰ Ἰερουσαλὴμ πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς ζωῆς σου,
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 128:5
- יְבָרֶכְךָ֥ יְהוָ֗ה מִצִּ֫יּ֥וֹן וּ֭רְאֵה בְּט֣וּב יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם כֹּ֝֗ל יְמֵ֣י חַיֶּֽיךָ
Haydock's commentary
Sion. Where he displayed his bounty. (Calmet)
Jerusalem. In heaven, 1 Corinthians xv. 19. (Berthier)
Mayst thou live happily in the holy city, after thy long captivity. (Calmet)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm CXXVIII
7. “The Lord from out of Sion bless thee: and mayest thou see thee good things that are of Jerusalem” ( ver. 5 ). Even to the birds was it said, “Be fruitful and multiply.” Dost thou wish to hold as a great blessing what was given unto birds? Who can be ignorant, that it was given indeed by the voice of God? But use these goods, if thou receive them; and rather think how thou mayest nourish those who have been born, than that others may be born. For it is not happiness to have children, but to have good ones. Labour in the task of nourishing them, if they be born; but if they be not born, give thanks unto God.…Thy children are infants: thou dost caress the infants: the infants caress thee: do they abide thus? But thou wishest they may grow, thou wishest that their age may increase. But consider that when one age cometh, another dieth. …