May Yahweh bless you out of Zion, and may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life.
Parallel translations
- KJV The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
- BSB May the LORD bless you from Zion, that you may see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life,
- NKJV The Lord bless you out of Zion, And may you see the good of Jerusalem All the days of your life.
- NASB ¶The Lord bless you from Zion, And may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life.
- NLT May the Lord continually bless you from Zion. May you see Jerusalem prosper as long as you live.
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Quick answer
It prays that Yahweh bless you from Zion and let you see Jerusalem's good all your life. It links personal blessing to the welfare of God's worshiping community.
Overview
The blessing now flows from Zion, the place of God's presence and worship, joining the individual's good to the prosperity of God's city. Personal blessing is not isolated but bound up with the community of faith. This anticipates the heavenly Zion, the church gathered around Christ, where God blesses His people forever.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Ps 20:2send you help from the sanctuary, grant you support from Zion,
- Ps 134:3May Yahweh bless you from Zion; even he who made heaven and earth.
- Ps 118:26Blessed is he who comes in Yahweh’s name! We have blessed you out of Yahweh’s house.
- Isa 33:20Look at Zion, the city of our appointed festivals. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet habitation, a tent that won’t be removed. Its stakes will never be plucked up, nor will any of its cords be broken.
- Ps 122:6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Those who love you will prosper.
- Eph 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ;
- Isa 2:3Many peoples shall go and say, “Come, let’s go up to the mountain of Yahweh, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths.” For out of Zion the law shall go out, and Yahweh’s word from Jerusalem.
- Ps 135:21Blessed be Yahweh from Zion, Who dwells at Jerusalem. Praise Yah!
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