Blessedness of the Fear of the LORD.

A Song of Ascents.

1How blessed is everyone who fears the LORD,
         Who walks in His ways.

2When you shall eat of the fruit of your hands,
         You will be happy and it will be well with you.

3Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine
         Within your house,
         Your children like olive plants
         Around your table.

4Behold, for thus shall the man be blessed
         Who fears the LORD.

5The LORD bless you from Zion,
         And may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life.

6Indeed, may you see your children’s children.
         Peace be upon Israel!

NASB ©1995

American Standard Version
Blessed is every one that feareth Jehovah, That walketh in his ways.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Blessed are all they that fear the Lord: that walk in his ways.

Darby Bible Translation
{A Song of degrees.} Blessed is every one that feareth Jehovah, that walketh in his ways.

English Revised Version
A Song of Ascents. Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD, that walketh in his ways.

Webster's Bible Translation
A Song of degrees. Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.

World English Bible
Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways.

Young's Literal Translation
A Song of the Ascents. O the happiness of every one fearing Jehovah, Who is walking in His ways.A Treatise of the Fear of God;
SHOWING WHAT IT IS, AND HOW DISTINGUISHED FROM THAT WHICH IS NOT SO. ALSO, WHENCE IT COMES; WHO HAS IT; WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS; AND WHAT THE PRIVILEGES OF THOSE THAT HAVE IT IN THEIR HEARTS. London: Printed for N. Ponder, at the Peacock in the Poultry, over against the Stocks market: 1679. ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITOR. "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom," and "a fountain of life"--the foundation on which all wisdom rests, as well as the source from whence it emanates. Upon a principle …
John Bunyan—The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3

"Thou Shalt Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother. "
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Dr. Martin Luther—A Treatise on Good Works

What the Ruler's Discrimination Should be Between Correction and Connivance, Between Fervour and Gentleness.
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Leo the Great—Writings of Leo the Great

Epistle Xlvi. To Isacius, Bishop of Jerusalem .
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Saint Gregory the Great—the Epistles of Saint Gregory the Great

Letter xxxiv. To Marcella.
In reply to a request from Marcella for information concerning two phrases in Ps. cxxvii. ("bread of sorrow," v. 2, and "children of the shaken off," A.V. "of the youth," v. 4). Jerome, after lamenting that Origen's notes on the psalm are no longer extant, gives the following explanations: The Hebrew phrase "bread of sorrow" is rendered by the LXX. "bread of idols"; by Aquila, "bread of troubles"; by Symmachus, "bread of misery." Theodotion follows the LXX. So does Origen's Fifth Version. The Sixth …
St. Jerome—The Principal Works of St. Jerome

Psalms
The piety of the Old Testament Church is reflected with more clearness and variety in the Psalter than in any other book of the Old Testament. It constitutes the response of the Church to the divine demands of prophecy, and, in a less degree, of law; or, rather, it expresses those emotions and aspirations of the universal heart which lie deeper than any formal demand. It is the speech of the soul face to face with God. Its words are as simple and unaffected as human words can be, for it is the genius …
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament

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