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PSALM CXXVIII
_The blessedness of the man that fears the Lord_, 1.
_He is blessed in his labour_, 2;
_in his wife and children_, 3, 4;
_in the ordinances of God_, 5;
_and in a long life and numer...
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BLESSED IS EVERY ONE THAT FEARETH THE LORD - That honors God; that is
truly pious. See the notes at Psalms 1:1; Psalms 112:1. What that
blessedness is, is indicated in the following verses.
THAT WALKE...
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PSALM 120-134
The Psalms of Degrees
Fifteen brief Psalms follow, called songs of degrees, or, ascents.
They were in all probability used by Israel going up to Jerusalem
three times a year to celebrat...
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CXXVIII. THE BLESSING OF A PIOUS HOME.
Psalms 128:2_ a. i.e._ without being robbed by the oppressor. This
shows how low peasant life in Israel has sunk.
Psalms 128:3. Observe the seclusion of women....
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TITLE.. SONG OF DEGREES. Same as 120. See App-67.
BLESSED IS. O the happinesses of. See the Beatitudes. App-63.
FEARETH. revereth....
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_The sundry blessings which follow them that fear God._
A Song of Degrees.
_Title._ המעלות שׁיר _Shiir hammangaloth._] This psalm is
thought to have been written by the author of the preceding one, a...
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PSALMS 128
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
A Happy Home and a Prosperous Commonwealth.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 128:1-3, The Happy Home Described. Stanza II.,
Psalms 128:4-6, The Interest of the Commonwealth
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Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.
Psalms 128:1.-The fear of God brings blessedness. Israel, returned
from Babylon, and suffering through the Samaritan foes, is h...
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128:1 Blessed (g-5) Or 'Happy.'...
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The man who fears God will be blessed in his family life. The Ps. has
been called the 'Home, Sweet Home 'of Judaism....
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Psalms 107:150
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
PSALMS 128
PSALMS FOR CLIMBING;
PSALMS 120:134
Jesus said, "We wi
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שִׁ֗יר הַֽ מַּ֫עֲלֹ֥ות אַ֭שְׁרֵי כָּל
־יְרֵ֣א...
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Psalms 128:1
THE preceding psalm traced all prosperity and domestic felicity to
God's giving hand. It painted in its close the picture of a father
surrounded by his sons able to defend him. This psalm...
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“IT SHALL BE WELL WITH THEE”
Psalms 128:1-6
This psalm is the portrait of a godly man and his home in the best
days of the Hebrew commonwealth. _The husband and father_, Psalms
128:1-2. He is rev...
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"A Song of degrees." Blessed [is] every one that feareth the LORD;
that walketh in his (a) ways.
(a) God approves not our life, unless it is reformed according to his
word....
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Canticle. In which David, (Haydock) or the Jews, at their return,
after they had got the better of their enemies, render thanks to God.
(St. Chrysostom) (Calmet) --- It may suit the Church, Jesus Chri...
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CONTENTS
Here is a happy state described, full of blessings. Blessings in the
man himself: blessings in the wife of his bosom; blessings in his
offspring; and all out of Zion, from the Lord.
A Song...
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1_Blessed is the man who feareth Jehovah. _In the preceding Psalm it
was stated that prosperity in all human affairs, and in the whole
course of our life, is to be hoped for exclusively from the grace...
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A numerous progeny are distinctly God's gift: happy the man that has
his quiver full of them (Psalms 128). The blessings spoken of are
declared to be the portion of whoever fears Jehovah. It is presen...
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BLESSED [IS] EVERYONE THAT FEARETH THE LORD,.... Be he who he will; of
whatsoever nation, Jew or Gentile; of whatsoever sex, age, or
condition, high or low, rich or poor, Acts 10:35; such an one is
bl...
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Psalms 128:1 «A Song of degrees. » Blessed [is] every one that
feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.
Ver. 1. _Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord_] This psalm is
fitly subjoined to the f...
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THE HAPPINESS OF THE PIOUS.
A song of degrees, setting forth the temporal blessings of true piety.
Cf Zechariah 8....
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Blessed is everyone that feareth the Lord, his entire life being
arranged in conformity with God's holy will, in childlike reverence;
THAT WALKETH IN HIS WAYS, his entire behavior agreeing with the Wo...
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PSALM 128 THE ARGUMENT This Psalm contains a description of the
blessedness of good men. The psalmist showeth the happy state of such
as fear God, in his labour, PSALMS 128:1,2, wife, and children, PS...
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Psalms 128:1 Song H7892 Ascents H4609 Blessed H835 fears H3373 LORD
H3068 walks H1980 (H8802) ways H1870...
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A SONG OF DEGREES
Literally, "of ascents." Perhaps chanted by the people as they went up
to Jerusalem to the feasts. See, for example (Psalms 112:1); (Psalms
112:2)....
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CONTENTS: The prosperity of those who live in the fear of God and in
obedience to Him.
CHARACTERS: God, Israel.
CONCLUSION: Those who are truly holy are truly happy. Those may be
assured of a prospe...
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REFLECTIONS.
We have here another family psalm. It compresses all the blessings of
the Hebrew covenant into a short compass.
(1) We have the character: he fears the Lord. He is in every view a
trul...
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_Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord._
THE BLESSED TENDENCY OF TRUE PIETY
The subject is the blessed tendency of true piety, and the truly pious
man is described as one that “feareth the Lord...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 128:1. This wisdom psalm expands some of
the topics in Psalms 127:1....
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INTRODUCTION
This, like the former, is a Psalm for families. In that, we were
taught that the prosperity of our families depends upon the blessing
of God: in this, we are taught that the only way to...
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EXPOSITION
IT is not quite easy to see why this psalm occurs among the "Songs of
Ascents." The sentiment of it is that true religion never loses its
reward; or, in other words, that whoever fears God...
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Continuing to deal with the family and all, the next psalm.
Blessed is every one that feareth [or reverences] the LORD; and walks
in his ways. For thou shalt eat the labor of your hands: happy shalt...
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1 Thessalonians 4:1; Acts 9:31; Luke 1:50; Luke 1:6; Psalms 1:1;...