“May the Lord bless you out of Zion. Out of this Zion? And how does another prophet say 'Zion shall be plowed like a field'? The Lord also says: 'Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kill the prophets, and stone those who are sent to you.' Indeed, when the Lord had drawn near to Jerusalem, and had seen it, he wept. But when he we…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Homily 42, on Psalm 127
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5The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
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3Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
4Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.
— Psalms 128:5 —
6Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, and peace upon Israel.