Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, Who walks in His ways.
Parallel translations
- WEB A Song of Ascents. Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways.
- KJV Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.
- BSB A song of ascents. Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in His ways!
- NKJV Blessed is every one who fears the Lord, Who walks in His ways.
- NLT How joyful are those who fear the Lord— all who follow his ways!
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Quick answer
Everyone who fears Yahweh and walks in His ways is blessed. It sets reverent obedience as the path to true blessedness.
Overview
This Song of Ascents opens with a beatitude: blessing belongs to all who fear the Lord and live according to His ways. The fear of God and a faithful walk are joined as the marks of the blessed life. Such reverence and obedience are made possible in Christ, who writes God's law on the hearts of His people.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 22
- Ps 112:1Praise Yah! Blessed is the man who fears Yahweh, who delights greatly in his commandments.
- Ps 119:1ALEPH Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to Yahweh’s law.
- Ps 103:13Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.
- Luke 1:50His mercy is for generations of generations on those who fear him.
- Ps 1:1–3Blessed 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;
- Acts 9:31So the assemblies throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.
- Ps 147:11Yahweh takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.
- Ps 127:1A Song of Ascents. By Solomon. Unless Yahweh builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain.
- Ps 103:17But Yahweh’s loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children’s children;
- Ps 115:13He will bless those who fear Yahweh, both small and great.
- Ps 120:1A Song of Ascents. In my distress, I cried to Yahweh. He answered me.
- 1 Th 4:1Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you abound more and more.
- Luke 1:6They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.
- Ps 121:1A Song of Ascents. I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from?
- Ps 103:1By David. Praise Yahweh, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name!
- Ps 119:3Yes, they do nothing wrong. They walk in his ways.
- Ps 125:1A Song of Ascents. Those who trust in Yahweh are as Mount Zion, which can’t be moved, but remains forever.
- Ps 126:1A Song of Ascents. When Yahweh brought back those who returned to Zion, we were like those who dream.
- Ps 124:1A Song of Ascents. By David. If it had not been Yahweh who was on our side, let Israel now say,
- Ps 81:13Oh that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!
- Ps 123:1A Song of Ascents. To you I do lift up my eyes, you who sit in the heavens.
- Ps 122:1A Song of Ascents. By David. I was glad when they said to me, “Let’s go to Yahweh’s house!”
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