Aleph. How blessedare those whose wayis blameless,Who walkin the lawof the LORD.
"For I have keptthe waysof the LORD,And have not actedwickedlyagainstmy God.
"Remembernow,OLORD,I beseechYou, howI have walkedbeforeYou in truthand with a wholeheartand have donewhatis goodin Your sight."And Hezekiahweptbitterly.
There was a manin the landof Uzwhose namewas Job;and that manwas blameless,upright,fearingGodand turningawayfrom evil.
The LORDsaidto Satan,"Have you consideredMy servantJob?For thereis noonelikehim on the earth,a blamelessand uprightman,fearingGodand turningawayfrom evil."
I will giveheedto the blamelessway.Whenwill You cometo me? I will walkwithinmy housein the integrityof my heart.
My eyesshall be upon the faithfulof the land,that they may dwellwith me; He who walksin a blamelesswayis the onewho will ministerto me.
Praisethe LORD!How blessedis the manwho fearsthe LORD,Who greatlydelightsin His commandments.
How blessedis everyonewho fearsthe LORD,Who walksin His ways.
The perversein heartare an abominationto the LORD,But the blamelessin [their] walkare His delight.
Righteousnessguardsthe one whose wayis blameless,But wickednesssubvertsthe sinner.
Where thereis novision,the peopleare unrestrained,But happyis he who keepsthe law.
that they may walkin My statutesand keepMy ordinancesand dothem. Then they will be My people,and I shall be their God.
Whoeveris wise,let him understandthesethings;[Whoever] is discerning,let him knowthem. For the waysof the LORDare right,And the righteouswill walkin them, But transgressorswill stumblein them.
They were bothrighteousin the sightof God,walkingblamelesslyin allthe commandmentsand requirementsof the Lord.
But He said,"On the contrary,blessedare thosewho hearthe wordof Godand observeit."
JesussawNathanaelcomingto Him, and saidof him, "Behold,an Israeliteindeed,in whomthereis nodeceit!"
"Ifyou knowthese things,you are blessedifyou dothem.
"In view of this,I alsodo my bestto maintainalwaysa blamelessconscience[both] beforeGodand before men.
For our proud confidenceis this:the testimonyof our conscience,that in holinessand godlysincerity,not in fleshlywisdombut in the graceof God,we have conductedourselves in the world,and especiallytowardyou.
But one who looks intentlyat the perfectlaw,the [law] of liberty,and abidesby it, not having becomea forgetfulhearerbut an effectualdoer,this manwill be blessedin what he does.
Blessedare thosewho washtheir robes,sothat they may have the rightto the treeof life,and may enterby the gatesinto the city.
