Praise ye the LORD. Blessed {is} the man {that} feareth the LORD, {that} delighteth greatly in his commandments. {Praise...: Heb. Hallelujah}

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

Like as a father pitieth {his} children, {so} the LORD pitieth them that fear him.

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

Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.

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}

The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.

[A Song of degrees for Solomon.] Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh {but} in vain. {for...: or, of Solomon} {that...: Heb. that are builders of it in it}

But the mercy of the LORD {is} from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;

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

Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort {you} by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, {so} ye would abound more and more. {beseech: or, request} {exhort: or, beseech}

[A Song of degrees.] In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.

And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

[A Song of degrees.] They that trust in the LORD {shall be} as mount Zion, {which} cannot be removed, {but} abideth for ever.

[A Song of degrees.] I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. {I will...: or, Shall I lift up mine eyes to the hills? whence should my help come?}

[{A Psalm} of David.] Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, {bless} his holy name.

They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.

[A Song of degrees.] When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. {turned...: Heb. returned the returning}

[A Song of degrees of David.] If {it had not been} the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;

Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, {and} Israel had walked in my ways!

[A Song of degrees.] Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.

[A Song of degrees of David.] I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.

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

Say ye to the righteous, that {it shall be} well {with him}: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

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

Praise ye the LORD. Blessed {is} the man {that} feareth the LORD, {that} delighteth greatly in his commandments. {Praise...: Heb. Hallelujah}

[A Song of degrees of David.] I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.

Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless {you}.

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

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

[A Song of degrees of David.] If {it had not been} the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;

And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

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}

The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; {and} he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. {thou...: or, do not thou deliver}

He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.

Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed {are they that} keep my ways.

Blessed {shalt} thou {be} in the city, and blessed {shalt} thou {be} in the field.

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

That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.

[{A Psalm} of David, Maschil.] Blessed {is he whose} transgression {is} forgiven, {whose} sin {is} covered. {A Psalm...: or, A Psalm of David giving instruction}

[A Song of degrees.] In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.

That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.

[A Song of degrees.] Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.

For {such as be} blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and {they that be} cursed of him shall be cut off.

For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee.

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.

Shalt thou reign, because thou closest {thyself} in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, {and} then {it was} well with him?

[A Song of degrees.] Behold, bless ye the LORD, all {ye} servants of the LORD, which by night stand in the house of the LORD.

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.

Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. {substance: or, cattle}

[A Song of degrees.] Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.

A Song of degrees. LORD, remember David, {and} all his afflictions:

And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for God blessed him. {him: that is, Obededom}

Joseph {is} a fruitful bough, {even} a fruitful bough by a well; {whose} branches run over the wall: {branches: Heb. daughters}

He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers. {so long...: Heb. all the days which} {in the land: Heb. upon the face of the land}

And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:

[A Song of degrees.] Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: {Many...: or, Much}