Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
Parallel translations
- WEB Praise Yah! Blessed is the man who fears Yahweh, who delights greatly in his commandments.
- BSB Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.
- NKJV Praise the Lord! Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, Who delights greatly in His commandments.
- NASB Praise the Lord! Blessed is a person who fears the Lord, Who greatly delights in His commandments.
- NLT Praise the Lord! How joyful are those who fear the Lord and delight in obeying his commands.
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Quick answer
Blessed is the person who fears the Lord and delights in His commandments. True happiness belongs to those who reverence and love God's word.
Overview
Psalm 112 mirrors Psalm 111: as God is gracious and righteous, so is the one who fears Him. This opening beatitude shows that delight in God's commands, not mere duty, marks the blessed life. Such God-centered character is produced by grace and reflects the heart God gives His people in the new covenant (Jeremiah 31:33).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 21
- Ps 128:1Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.
- Luke 1:50And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
- Isa 50:10Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
- Ps 119:47–48And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
- Ps 119:35Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
- Ps 115:7–13They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.
- Ps 145:19He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.
- Ps 150:1Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
- Ps 111:10The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
- Ps 119:143Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.
- Ps 147:1Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
- Ps 119:97O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
- Rom 7:22For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
- Ps 1:1–2Blessed 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.
- Ps 148:11–14Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth:
- Ps 40:8I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.
- Ps 111:1Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation.
- Rom 8:6For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
- Ps 119:16I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
- Ps 119:14I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.
- Ps 119:70–72Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law.
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