[A Song of degrees.] Blessed {is} every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.

And his mercy {is} on them that fear him from generation to generation.

Who {is} among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh {in} darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.

And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.

Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.

They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat.

He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.

The fear of the LORD {is} the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do {his commandments}: his praise endureth for ever. {a good...: or, good success} {his commandments: Heb. them}

Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. {Praise ye...: Heb. Hallelujah}

Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: {yet} thy commandments {are} my delights. {taken...: Heb. found me}

MEM. O how love I thy law! it {is} my meditation all the day.

Praise ye the LORD: for {it is} good to sing praises unto our God; for {it is} pleasant; {and} praise is comely.

For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth:

Blessed {is} the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. {ungodly: or, wicked}

I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law {is} within my heart. {within...: Heb. in the midst of my bowels}

Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with {my} whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and {in} the congregation. {Praise ye...: Heb. Hallelujah}

For to be carnally minded {is} death; but to be spiritually minded {is} life and peace. {to be carnally...: Gr. the minding of the flesh} {to be spiritually...: Gr. the minding of the Spirit}

Their heart is as fat as grease; {but} I delight in thy law.

I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.

I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as {much as} in all riches.

Blessed {is} the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. {ungodly: or, wicked}

But he said, Yea rather, blessed {are} they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

By humility {and} the fear of the LORD {are} riches, and honour, and life. {By...: or, The reward of humility, etc}

[A Song of degrees.] Blessed {is} every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.

But his delight {is} in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

ALEPH. Blessed {are} the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD. {undefiled: or, perfect, or, sincere}

Blessed {are} the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

{Though} hand {join} in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as {with} a shield. {compass: Heb. crown}

And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, {and} strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD {is} his treasure. {salvation: Heb. salvations}

I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law {is} within my heart. {within...: Heb. in the midst of my bowels}

He will bless them that fear the LORD, {both} small and great. {and: Heb. with}

I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as {much as} in all riches.

Blessed {are} they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

In the fear of the LORD {is} strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

And Abram {was} very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. {little: or, for a little time}

Blessed {is} the man {that} doeth this, and the son of man {that} layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.

And Abraham was old, {and} well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things. {well...: Heb. gone into days}

Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the name of the LORD; praise {him}, O ye servants of the LORD.

And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.

Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the LORD.

Happy {is} the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.

Her ways {are} ways of pleasantness, and all her paths {are} peace.

For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.

But the former governors that {had been} before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.

[To the chief Musician, {A Psalm} of David the servant of the LORD.] The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, {that there is} no fear of God before his eyes.

Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,

Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.

Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD. {Praise ye...: Heb. Hallelujah}

And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them: {for ever: Heb. all days}

He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but {he that is} perverse in his ways despiseth him.

{It is} joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction {shall be} to the workers of iniquity.

Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his {days} be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:

Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, {those that} remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.

Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave {it} for an inheritance to your children for ever.

And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.