Psalm 128:2
“For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 128Meaning
Verse 2 develops the opening beatitude by depicting the worker enjoying the result of labor. The line values meaningful provision while remaining part of a poem, not a universal guarantee against unemployment, exploitation, poverty, illness, or loss.
Read carefully
Read Psalm 128:2 within reverence and the fruit of work and the whole six-verse psalm; the verse does not support that overclaim.
Reflection
Work diligently while resisting the idea that income or success measures spiritual worth.