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Psalms 128:1

A Song of degrees. Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.

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A Song of Ascents. Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways.

Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord; that walketh in his ways.

Blessed is every one that fears the LORD; that walks in his ways.

128:2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

What does Psalms 128:1 mean?

Psalms 128:1 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שִׁיר (shîyr), מַעֲלָה (maʻălâh), אֶשֶׁר (ʼesher).

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Songשִׁירshîyr/sheer/H7892a song; abstractly, singing
of
degrees.מַעֲלָהmaʻălâh/mah-al-aw'/H4609elevation, i.e. the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally, a step or grademark, figuratively, a superiority of station); specifically a climactic progression (in certain Psalms)
Blessedאֶשֶׁרʼesher/eh'-sher/H835happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!
is
every
one
that
fearethיָרֵאyârêʼ/yaw-ray'/H3373fearing; morally, reverent
the
LORD;יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
that
walkethהָלַךְhâlak/haw-lak'/H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
in
his
ways.דֶּרֶךְderek/deh'-rek/H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 128:1.

1 Samuel 6:12

And the kine took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Bethshemesh.

Ezekiel 16:47

Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast corrupted more than they in all thy ways. as if: or, that was lothed as a small thing

Genesis 17:1

And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. perfect: or, upright, or, sincere

Genesis 24:27

And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren.

Isaiah 42:24

Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law.

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What does Psalms 128:1 say?

Psalms 128:1 (King James Version) reads: "A Song of degrees. Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways."

Is Psalms 128:1 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 128:1 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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