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Psalm 128:1

A Song of Ascents. Blessed is everyone who fears the LORD, who walks in his ways.

1A Song of Ascents. Blessed is everyone who fears the LORD, who walks in his ways.
2For you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be happy, and it will be well with you.
3Your wife will be as a fruitful vine in the innermost parts of your house, your children like olive shoots around your table.
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The word “everyone” gives this blessing a wide reach, while “walks in his ways” ties reverence for YHWH to the shape of a life.

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Psalm 119:1ALEPH Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the LORD’s law.Both describe a blessed life through walking: Psalm 128 names the LORD’s ways, and Psalm 119 names his law.
Psalm 112:1Praise the LORD! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who delights greatly in his commandments.Both pronounce blessing on those who fear the LORD, linking that fear with obedience or delight in his commandments.
Psalm 103:13Like a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him.Those who fear the LORD receive blessing in Psalm 128 and his fatherlike compassion in Psalm 103.
Luke 11:28But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”Both connect blessing with obedience to God: walking in his ways and keeping his word.
Luke 1:50His mercy is for generations and generations on those who fear him.Both name those who fear God as recipients of his goodness, expressed as blessing in the psalm and mercy in Luke.
Acts 9:31So the assemblies throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the …Both join walking with fear of the Lord, describing reverence as part of how people live.
Psalm 1:1–3Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;Both describe the blessed person through walking, whether following the LORD’s ways or refusing the counsel of the wicked.
Matthew 5:3“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.Both pronounce a blessing, though Psalm 128 names reverence and obedience, while Matthew names poverty of spirit.
1 Thessalonians 4:1Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you abound more and …Both use walking to describe conduct directed toward God, through following his ways or living to please him.
Luke 1:6They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.Both describe obedience as walking, with the LORD’s ways in the psalm and his commandments and ordinances in Luke.
Deuteronomy 10:12Now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, and to serve the LORD your God …Both pair fearing the LORD with walking in his ways, joining reverence for God to obedience.
Proverbs 8:32“Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.Psalm 128 links blessing to walking in God’s ways; Proverbs links blessing to keeping the speaker’s ways.
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