A song of degrees.
1 Blessed is everyone that feareth the Lord, and
walketh in his ways. (a)
2 When thou eatest the labors of thine hands,
thou shalt be blessed, and it shall be well with
thee. (b)
3 Thy wife shall be as the fruitful vine on the sides
of thine house, and thy children like the olive plants
round about thy table.
4 Lo, surely thus shall the man be blessed, that
feareth the Lord.
5 The Lord out of Zion shall bless thee, and
thou shalt see the wealth of Jerusalem all the days
of thy life. (c)
6 Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, and
peace upon Israel.
Editor’s note - Blessed
Definition - Happy; prosperous in worldly affairs; enjoying spiritual happiness and the favor of God; enjoying heavenly felicity. - Source Webster’s Dictionary edition circa 1828
Hebrew Translation - 'ashar aw-shar' or rasher {aw-share'}; a primitive root; to be straight (used in the widest sense, especially to be level, right, happy); figuratively, to go forward, be honest, proper:--(call, be) bless(-ed, happy),
Editor’s note - Walk
Hebrew Tnaslation hava' hav-aw' (Aramaic) orhavah (Aramaic) {hav-aw'}; to exist; used in a great variety of applications (especially in connection with other words):--be, become, + behold, + came (to pass), + cease, + cleave, + consider, + do, + give, + have, + judge, + keep, + labour, + mingle (self), + put, + see, + seek, + set, + slay, + take heed, tremble, + walk, + would
(a) Verse 1
Deuteronomy 8:6
Therefore shalt thou keep the commandments
of the Lord thy God, that thou mayest walk in his
ways, and fear him.
Deuteronomy 10:12 - 13
12 And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God
require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk
in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord
thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul?
13 That thou keep the commandments of the Lord
and his ordinances, which I command thee this day,
for thy wealth?
Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of
knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction
(b) Verse 2
Deuteronomy 7:13
And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply
thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb,
and the fruit of thy land, thy corn and thy wine, and
thine oil, and the increase of thy kine, and the flocks
of thy sheep in the land, which he sware unto thy
fathers to give thee.
Psalm 121:8
The Lord shall preserve thy going out, and
thy coming in from henceforth and forever.
Isaiah 3:10
Say ye, Surely it shall be well with the just: for
they shall eat the fruit of their works.
(c) Verse 5
Micah 4:2, 5
2 Yea, many nations shall come and say, Come,
and let us go up to the Mountain of the Lord, and
to the House of the God of Jacob, and he will 1teach
us his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the
Law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord
from Jerusalem.
5 For all people will walk everyone in the name
of his god, and we will walk in the Name of the Lord
our God, forever and ever.