For I have kept the ways of the Lord and have not wickedly departed from my God.
Psalm 128:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Happy is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; That walketh in his ways. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition BLESSED (HAPPY, fortunate, to be envied) is everyone who fears, reveres, and worships the Lord, who walks in His ways and lives according to His commandments. [Ps. 1:1, 2.] American Standard Version (1901) Blessed is every one that feareth Jehovah, That walketh in his ways. Common English Bible Everyone who honors the LORD, who walks in God’s ways, is truly happy! Catholic Public Domain Version A Canticle in steps. They have often fought against me from my youth, let Israel now say: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A gradual canticle. Often have they fought against me from my youth, let Israel now say. |
For I have kept the ways of the Lord and have not wickedly departed from my God.
As a father has compassion for his children, so the Lord has compassion for those who fear him.
But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children’s children,
Praise the Lord! Happy are those who fear the Lord, who greatly delight in his commandments.
Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but abides forever.
Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord guards the city, the guard keeps watch in vain.
but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love.
Both of them were righteous before God, living blamelessly according to all the commandments and regulations of the Lord.
Meanwhile the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and was built up. Living in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.
Finally, brothers and sisters, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus that, as you learned from us how you ought to live and to please God (as, in fact, you are doing), you should do so more and more.