If I had publicized these thoughts, I would have betrayed your loyal followers.

For he makes the bars of your gates strong. He blesses your children within you.

Your sons will carry on the dynasty of your ancestors; you will make them princes throughout the land.

Your wife will be like a fruitful vine in the inner rooms of your house; your children will be like olive branches, as they sit all around your table.

If your sons keep my covenant and the rules I teach them, their sons will also sit on your throne forever.”