Charles Ellicott Commentary Psalms 128:2

"For thou shalt eat the labor of thy hands: Happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee." — Psalms 128:2 (ASV)

For you. —The Hebrew by the position of the particle is more emphatic:

For it is the labour of your hands you shall eat.

(See Note, Psalms 116:10.) This picture of a successful and peaceful husbandry, which itself throws a whole flood of light on the condition of Palestine and of the people, now not nomadic but agricultural, is rendered still more emphatic by references to the numerous passages where it is foretold that enemies would devour the harvests (Deuteronomy 28:30–33; Leviticus 26:16).

Happy. —The same word translated blessed in Psalm 128:1.