1 Blessed is every one that feareth Jehovah, That walketh in his ways.
ALEPH. Blessed are they that are perfect in the way, Who walk in the law of Jehovah.
Praise ye Jehovah. Blessed is the man that feareth Jehovah, That delighteth greatly in his commandments.
And his mercy is unto generations and generations On them that fear him.
Like as a father pitieth his children, So Jehovah pitieth them that fear him.
Jehovah taketh pleasure in them that fear him, In those that hope in his lovingkindness.
Except Jehovah build the house, They labor in vain that build it: Except Jehovah keep the city, The watchman waketh but in vain.
Finally then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as ye received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, even as ye do walk, --that ye abound more and more.
And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the wicked, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers: But his delight is in the law of Jehovah; And on his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water, That bringeth forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also doth not wither; And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
They that trust in Jehovah Are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abideth for ever.
If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, Let Israel now say,
I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go unto the house of Jehovah.
I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: From whence shall my help come?
Yea, they do no unrighteousness; They walk in his ways.
He will bless them that fear Jehovah, Both small and great.
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Commentary on Psalms 128 Matthew Henry Commentary
Psalm 128
This, as the former, is a psalm for families. In that we were taught that the prosperity of our families depends upon the blessing of God; in this we are taught that the only way to obtain that blessing which will make our families comfortable is to live in the fear of God and in obedience to him. Those that do so, in general, shall be blessed (v. 1, 2, 4), In particular,
We must sing this psalm in the firm belief of this truth, That religion and piety are the best friends to outward prosperity, giving God the praise that it is so and that we have found it so, and encouraging ourselves and others with it.
A song of degrees.
Psa 128:1-6
It is here shown that godliness has the promise of the life that now is and of that which is to come.