John Trapp on Psalms 128:3

Verſ. 3 Thy Wife ſhall bee as a fruitfull vine] Full of bunches and cluſters of rich ripe Grapes; ſo ſhee, of Children, and thoſe vertuous; the little-ones hanging on her breaſts, as Grapes on the Vine; the Elder as Olive-plants, ſtraight, green, freſh and flouriſhing, Pſal. 52.9. legitimate alſo; as the Olive admitteth no other graſſ. Indeed the Olive ſet into the Vine yeeldeth both Grapes and Olives; whereby is repreſented the naturall affection that is betwixt the Mother and her Children. The Vine and the Olive are two of the beſt fruits; the one for chearing the heart, the other for clearing the face, Pſal. 104.15. the one for ſweetneſs, the other for fatneſs, Judg. 9.13. both together implying,Simon Bi[illegible: 2 letters]iſ [illegible: 1 letter] [illegible: 1 word]. that a great part of a mans temporal happineſs conſiſteth in having a good Wife and Children. It is ſaid of Sylla, that hee had been happy had hee never been ſo married: And Auguſtus his wiſh was (but all too late) Utinam a[illegible: 1 letter]t caelebs vixiſſem, a[illegible: 1 letter]t orbus periiſſem, Oh that I had either lived ſingle, or dyed childleſs. [illegible: 1 word].

By the ſides of thy houſe] Where Vines are uſually planted, that they may have the benefit of the Sun. The modeſt wife is domiporta, found at home, as Sarah in the Tent; not ſo the Harlot, Prov. 7.12.

Thy Children like Olive-plants] See the Note before on this verſe.

Round about thy Table] Making a moſt delectable incloſure.