Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.
Parallel translations
- WEB Blessed are those who keep justice. Blessed is one who does what is right at all times.
- BSB Blessed are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times.
- NKJV Blessed are those who keep justice, And he who does righteousness at all times!
- NASB How blessed are those who maintain justice, Who practice righteousness at all times!
- NLT There is joy for those who deal justly with others and always do what is right.
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Quick answer
Blessed are those who keep justice and do what is right at all times. It matters because God's people are called to consistent righteousness.
Overview
After praising God, the psalm sets forth the blessedness of upright living. True devotion expresses itself in justice and righteousness, not occasionally but continually. Yet the psalm soon confesses how far Israel fell short, pointing to the need for the righteousness God provides in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 15:2He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
- Jas 1:25But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
- John 15:14Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
- John 13:17If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
- Gal 6:9And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
- Rev 22:14Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
- Ps 119:44So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.
- Mark 3:35For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
- Rom 2:7To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
- Ps 119:112I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.
- Ps 119:20My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.
- Ps 119:106I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
- Ps 119:1–3Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
- Deut 11:1Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.
- Rev 7:15Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
- Deut 5:19Neither shalt thou steal.
- Isa 64:5Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.
- Isa 56:1–2Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
- Ezek 18:21–22But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
- Luke 1:74–75That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
- Luke 6:47–49Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:
- Luke 11:28But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
- Acts 24:16And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.
- Ps 84:11–12For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
- Ps 1:1–3Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
- John 14:21–23He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
- Jer 22:15–16Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?
- Luke 11:42But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
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