For I have kept the ways of the Lord and have not wickedly departed from my God.
Psalm 128:1 - English Standard Version 2016 Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways! Matoleo zaidiKing 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 shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to 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! Blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights 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 watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.
but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love.
And they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord.
So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was being built up. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it multiplied.
Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more.