Praise the Lord! Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, Who delights greatly in His commandments.
Parallel translations
- WEB Praise Yah! Blessed is the man who fears Yahweh, who delights greatly in his commandments.
- KJV Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
- BSB Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights 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 128:1A Song of Ascents. Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways.
- Luke 1:50His mercy is for generations of generations on those who fear him.
- Isa 50:10Who among you fears Yahweh, and obeys the voice of his servant? He who walks in darkness, and has no light, let him trust in Yahweh’s name, and rely on his God.
- Ps 119:47–48I will delight myself in your commandments, because I love them.
- Ps 119:35Direct me in the path of your commandments, for I delight in them.
- Ps 115:7–13They have hands, but they don’t feel. They have feet, but they don’t walk, neither do they speak through their throat.
- Ps 145:19He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him. He also will hear their cry, and will save them.
- Ps 150:1Praise Yah! Praise God in his sanctuary! Praise him in his heavens for his acts of power!
- Ps 111:10The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!
- Ps 119:143Trouble and anguish have taken hold of me. Your commandments are my delight.
- Ps 147:1Praise Yah, for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.
- Ps 119:97How I love your law! It is my meditation all day.
- Rom 7:22For I delight in God’s law after the inward man,
- Ps 1:1–2Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;
- Ps 148:11–14kings of the earth and all peoples; princes and all judges of the earth;
- Ps 40:8I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your law is within my heart.”
- Ps 111:1Praise Yah! I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart, in the council of the upright, and in the congregation.
- Rom 8:6For the mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace;
- Ps 119:16I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word. GIMEL
- Ps 119:14I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches.
- Ps 119:70–72Their heart is as callous as the fat, but I delight in your law.
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