Blessed [happy and sheltered by God’s favor] is everyone who fears the Lord [and worships Him with obedience],
Who walks in His ways and lives according to His commandments.

Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)
Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who fears the Lord [with awe-inspired reverence and worships Him with obedience],
Who delights greatly in His commandments.

How blessed and favored by God are those whose way is blameless [those with personal integrity, the upright, the guileless],
Who walk in the law [and who are guided by the precepts and revealed will] of the Lord.

In my trouble I cried to the Lord,
And He answered me.

Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked [following their advice and example],
Nor stand in the path of sinners,
Nor sit [down to rest] in the seat of scoffers (ridiculers).


“Oh, that My people would listen to Me,
That Israel would walk in My ways!

Bless and affectionately praise the Lord, O my soul,
And all that is [deep] within me, bless His holy name.


Just as a father loves his children,
So the Lord loves those who fear and worship Him [with awe-filled respect and deepest reverence].


But the lovingkindness of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who [reverently] fear Him,
And His righteousness to children’s children,


He will bless those who fear and worship the Lord [with awe-inspired reverence and submissive wonder],
Both the small and the great.


They do no unrighteousness;
They walk in His ways.

I will lift up my eyes to the hills [of Jerusalem]—
From where shall my help come?

I was glad when they said to me,
“Let us go to the house of the Lord.”

Unto you I lift up my eyes,
O You who are enthroned in the heavens!

“If it had not been the Lord who was on our side,”
Let Israel now say,

Those who trust in and rely on the Lord [with confident expectation]
Are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but remains forever.

When the Lord brought back the captives to Zion (Jerusalem),
We were like those who dream [it seemed so unreal].

Unless the Lord builds the house,
They labor in vain who build it;
Unless the Lord guards the city,
The watchman keeps awake in vain.


The Lord favors those who fear and worship Him [with awe-inspired reverence and obedience],
Those who wait for His mercy and lovingkindness.

They both were righteous (approved) in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and requirements of the Lord.


And His mercy is upon generation after generation
Toward those who [stand in great awe of God and] fear Him.

So the church throughout Judea and Galilee and Samaria enjoyed peace [without persecution], being built up [in wisdom, virtue, and faith]; and walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort and encouragement of the Holy Spirit, it continued to grow [in numbers].

Finally, believers, we ask and admonish you in the Lord Jesus, that you follow the instruction that you received from us about how you ought to walk and please God (just as you are actually doing) and that you excel even more and more [pursuing a life of purpose and living in a way that expresses gratitude to God for your salvation].

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

{A Song of degrees.} Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.

Bible References

Every one

Bless and affectionately praise the Lord, O my soul,
And all that is [deep] within me, bless His holy name.
Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)
Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who fears the Lord [with awe-inspired reverence and worships Him with obedience],
Who delights greatly in His commandments.

He will bless those who fear and worship the Lord [with awe-inspired reverence and submissive wonder],
Both the small and the great.

The Lord favors those who fear and worship Him [with awe-inspired reverence and obedience],
Those who wait for His mercy and lovingkindness.

And His mercy is upon generation after generation
Toward those who [stand in great awe of God and] fear Him.

Walketh

Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked [following their advice and example],
Nor stand in the path of sinners,
Nor sit [down to rest] in the seat of scoffers (ridiculers).

“Oh, that My people would listen to Me,
That Israel would walk in My ways!
How blessed and favored by God are those whose way is blameless [those with personal integrity, the upright, the guileless],
Who walk in the law [and who are guided by the precepts and revealed will] of the Lord.
They both were righteous (approved) in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and requirements of the Lord.
So the church throughout Judea and Galilee and Samaria enjoyed peace [without persecution], being built up [in wisdom, virtue, and faith]; and walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort and encouragement of the Holy Spirit, it continued to grow [in numbers].
Finally, believers, we ask and admonish you in the Lord Jesus, that you follow the instruction that you received from us about how you ought to walk and please God (just as you are actually doing) and that you excel even more and more [pursuing a life of purpose and living in a way that expresses gratitude to God for your salvation].

General references

Enoch walked [in habitual fellowship] with God three hundred years after the birth of Methuselah and had other sons and daughters.
because Abraham listened to and obeyed My voice and [consistently] kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”
But He said, “On the contrary, blessed (happy, favored by God) are those who hear the word of God and continually observe it.”
so that it may be well with you, and that you may have a long life on the earth.
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