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Verse Psalms 128:4. _THUS SHALL THE MAN BE BLESSED THAT FEARETH THE
LORD._] A _great price_ for a small consideration. Fear God, and thou
shalt have as much domestic good as may be useful to thee....
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BEHOLD, THAT THUS SHALL THE MAN BE BLESSED ... - As if he had said,
“Look upon this picture. See the farmer cultivating his fields; see
him gathering in the grain; see him at his own table calmly, qui...
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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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BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6.
MAN. a strong man (plural) Hebrew. _geber._ App-14.
BLESSED. Not the same word as in Psalms 128:1. That is happy
(_Beatitudo_); this is blessed (_Benedi...
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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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Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.
BEHOLD, THAT THUS SHALL THE MAN BE BLESSED THAT FEARETH THE LORD.
"Behold" calls attention, as we are all too little observant of...
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128:4 man (f-5) _ Geber_ . see Job 3:3 . 'Mighty, Psalms 127:4 , is _
Gibbor_ ....
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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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BEHOLD, THAT. — Better, _Look! for thus,_ &c. The poet calls
attention to the charming picture he has drawn of domestic bliss and
then points his moral....
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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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This song naturally follows the one in which Jehovah's relation to the
home, as building and establishing it, is recognised. It is chiefly
interesting as it reveals the singer's conception of the rela...
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_Necks. Hebrew, "collars," (Theodotion) "snares," (Symmachus) or
"bands," with which they have oppressed us. Cyrus abandoned the
Babylonians to be slaves of those Persians who had taken them, and
made...
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4._Lo! surely, thus blessed shall be the man who feareth Jehovah. _The
preceding doctrine, that even in the outward condition of God’s
servants while in this transitory state there is afforded such
ev...
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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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BEHOLD, THAT THUS SHALL THE MAN BE BLESSED THAT FEARETH THE LORD. In
the manner before described, and in the instances already given, as
well as in the following; this is said to raise attention, and...
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Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.
Ver. 4. _Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed, &c._] "Behold,"
and "that thus"; _q.d._ Know it for a truth, and rest assured of...
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Behold that thus shall the man be blessed, with the rich blessings of
God's kindness, THAT FEARETH THE LORD, whose faith works in him the
true reverential regard for Jehovah and the willingness to wal...
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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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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Psalms 128:4 man H1397 blessed H1288 (H8792) fears H3373 LORD H3068...
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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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_Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine._
A PATTERN WIFE
There are trailing slatterns, like brambles and nettles, who leave
conspicuous in a dwelling what they should conceal, and choke with
unsightlin...
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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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Judges 5:24; Proverbs 1:7; Psalms 111:10; Psalms 112:2...