Translations
The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
May YHWH bless you from Tziyon! May you see the goodness of Yerushalayim all the days of your life.
May Yahweh bless you from Zion, and may you see the flourishing of Jerusalem all the days of your life.
May the LORD bless you from Zion, that you may see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life,
Footnotes
The shift to priestly jussive blessing here marks a liturgical widening: the household vision of vv. 1–3 expands outward to the covenant community centred at Zion. Blessing flows from Zion—Yahweh's dwelling place—to the individual household, not the reverse; the direction is theologically critical. Tov is a rich covenantal word encompassing goodness, beauty, and flourishing—the same term used for the 'very good' of creation (Gen. 1:31) and the bounty of the Promised Land. F.O.G. preserves 'Tziyon' and 'Yerushalayim'; F.O.G.M. renders tov as 'flourishing' to capture its comprehensive material and communal fullness.

