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Psalm 144:15

Happy are the people who are in such a situation. Happy are the people whose God is the LORD.

13Our barns are full, filled with all kinds of provision. Our sheep produce thousands and ten thousands in our fields.
14Our oxen will pull heavy loads. There is no breaking in, and no going away, and no outcry in our streets.
15Happy are the people who are in such a situation. Happy are the people whose God is the LORD.
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Notice

Full barns and safe streets lead into a repeated declaration of happiness, ending with the people’s bond to YHWH as their God.

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Where else Scripture says this

12 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 1:1Blessed 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 a blessed life; Psalm 1 names the counsel a person refuses, while Psalm 144 names the people’s God.
Psalm 33:12Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance.Both declare the happiness or blessedness of a people whose God is the LORD.
Zechariah 13:9I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I …Both identify people through their bond with the LORD as their God; Zechariah describes that confession after testing.
Psalm 146:5Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD, his God,Both name happiness in relation to the LORD as God, with Psalm 146 adding his help and the person’s hope.
Ephesians 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,Both connect blessing with God; Ephesians specifies spiritual blessings in Christ, while the psalm names happiness among the LORD’s people.
Deuteronomy 33:29You are happy, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD, the shield of your help, the sword of your excellency? Your enemies will submit themselves …Both declare a people happy in relation to the LORD; Deuteronomy names his saving help and protection.
Psalm 65:4Blessed is the one whom you choose and cause to come near, that he may live in your courts. We will be filled with the goodness of your house, your holy temple.Both connect blessedness with belonging near God, though Psalm 65 speaks of his courts and Psalm 144 of his people.
Jeremiah 32:38Then they will be my people, and I will be their God.Both describe the bond between God and a people who belong to him.
Genesis 9:26He said, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.Both name the LORD as the God of particular people, though Genesis speaks of Shem rather than a community.
Numbers 22:12God said to Balaam, “You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people, for they are blessed.”Both describe a people as blessed; Numbers records God protecting that blessed people from Balaam’s curse.
2 Chronicles 31:8When Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the LORD and his people Israel.Both speak of blessing for the LORD’s people in a setting of material abundance.
Jeremiah 31:1“At that time,” says the LORD, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.”Both describe a shared relationship with the LORD as God; Jeremiah names all the families of Israel.
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Encouragement

Full barns and safe streets are good things to desire for your neighbors. The psalm’s final declaration of happiness names the people whose God is YHWH.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).