Psalms 128:3

“Thy wife [shall be] as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house, etc.] The vine being a weak and tender tree, which needs propping and supporting; and often is fastened to the sides of a house, to which the allusion here is; whereunto it cleaves, and on which it runs up, and bears very agreeable fruit; it is properly used to express the weakness and tenderness of the female sex, their fruitfulness in bearing children, and their care of domestic affairs, being keepers at home; (see <600307>1 Peter 3:7 <520514>1 Thessalonians 5:14 <560205>Titus 2:5). Kimchi observes, that the vine is the only tree men plant within doors; which, when it is grown up, they bring out at a hole or window of the…”

“Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house - It is not uncommon in the East, as elsewhere, to train a vine along the sides of a house - partly to save ground; partly because it is a good exposure for fruit; partly as an ornament; and partly to protect it from thieves. Such a vine, in its beauty, and in the abundant clusters upon it, becomes a beautiful emblem of the mother of a numerous household. One of the blessings most desired and most valued in the East was a numerous posterity, and this, in the case of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, was among the chief blessings which God promised to them - a posterity that should resemble in number the sands of the sea or the stars…”

“Olive - plants - Numerous, growing and flourishing. Next: Psalms Chapter 129”

“128:3 Like vigorous young olive trees, children are saplings filled with potential. Olive oil symbolizes God’s blessing (104:15; Num 18:12; Jer 31:12; Hag 2:19).”

“a fruitful vine: Gen 49:22; Pro 5:15-18; Eze 19:10 olive plants: Psa 52:8, Psa 144:12; Jer 11:16; Hos 14:6, Hos 14:7; Rom 11:24 round about: Psa 127:5 Psalms 128:5”