The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
The Message Bible MSG
1 A song of ascents: How happy is everyone who fears ADONAI, who lives by his ways.
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All you who fear God, how blessed you are! how happily you walk on his smooth straight road!
2 You will eat what your hands have produced; you will be happy and prosperous.
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You worked hard and deserve all you've got coming. Enjoy the blessing! Revel in the goodness!
3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine in the inner parts of your house. Your children around the table will be like shoots from an olive tree.
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Your wife will bear children as a vine bears grapes, your household lush as a vineyard, The children around your table as fresh and promising as young olive shoots.
4 This is the kind of blessing that will fall on him who fears ADONAI.
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Stand in awe of God's Yes. Oh, how he blesses the one who fears God!
5 May ADONAI bless you from Tziyon! May you see Yerushalayim prosper all the days of your life,
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Enjoy the good life in Jerusalem every day of your life.
6 and may you live to see your children's children! Shalom on Isra'el.
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And enjoy your grandchildren. Peace to Israel!
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.