1 {A Song of degrees.} Blessed is every one that feareth Jehovah, that walketh in his ways.
ALEPH. Blessed are the perfect in the way, who walk in the law of Jehovah.
Hallelujah! Blessed is the man that feareth Jehovah, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
and his mercy [is] to generations and generations to them that fear him.
As a father pitieth [his] children, so Jehovah pitieth them that fear him.
Jehovah taketh pleasure in those that fear him, in those that hope in his loving-kindness.
{A Song of degrees. Of Solomon.} Unless Jehovah build the house, in vain do its builders labour in it; unless Jehovah keep the city, the keeper watcheth in vain:
For the rest, then, brethren, we beg you and exhort you in [the] Lord Jesus, even as ye have received from us how ye ought to walk and please God, even as ye also do walk, that ye would abound still more.
And they were both just 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, and standeth not in the way of sinners, and sitteth not in the seat of scorners; But his delight is in Jehovah's law, and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he [is] as a tree planted by brooks of water, which giveth its fruit in its season, and whose leaf fadeth not; and all that he doeth prospereth.
{A Song of degrees.} They that confide in Jehovah are as mount Zion, which cannot be moved; it abideth for ever.
{A Song of degrees. Of David.} If it had not been Jehovah who was for us -- oh let Israel say --
{A Song of degrees. Of David.} I rejoiced when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of Jehovah.
{A Song of degrees.} I lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: whence shall my help come?
Who also do no unrighteousness: they walk in his ways.
He will bless them that fear Jehovah, both the small and the 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.