Blessed Is Everyone Who Fears the Lord
A Song of Ascents.
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f Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord,
who g walks in his ways!
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You h shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands;
you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you.
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Your wife will be like i a fruitful vine
within your house;
your children will be like j olive shoots
around your table.
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Behold, thus shall the man be blessed
who fears the Lord.
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k The Lord bless you l from Zion!
May you see m the prosperity of Jerusalem
all the days of your life!
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May you see your n children's children!
o Peace be upon Israel!
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Cross References
Psalms 120:1
In my distress I called to the Lord, and he answered me.
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Psalms 112:1
Praise the Lord! Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in his commandments!
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Psalms 119:1
Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord!
Proverbs 8:32
And now, O sons, listen to me: blessed are those who keep my ways.
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Cross References
Isaiah 3:10
Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them, for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
Psalms 109:11
May the creditor seize all that he has; may strangers plunder the fruits of his toil!
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Cross References
Ezekiel 19:10
Your mother was like a vine in a vineyard planted by the water, fruitful and full of branches by reason of abundant water.
Genesis 49:22
Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a spring; his branches run over the wall.
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Psalms 52:8
But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God. I trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever.
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Psalms 134:3
May the Lord bless you from Zion, he who made heaven and earth!
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Psalms 20:2
May he send you help from the sanctuary and give you support from Zion!
Psalms 135:21
Blessed be the Lord from Zion, he who dwells in Jerusalem! Praise the Lord!
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Psalms 122:9
For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek your good.
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Proverbs 17:6
Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their fathers.
Job 42:16
And after this Job lived 140 years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, four generations.
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Cross References
Psalms 125:5
But those who turn aside to their crooked ways the Lord will lead away with evildoers! Peace be upon Israel!
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