The Message Bible MSG
New Living Translation NLT
1 All you who fear God, how blessed you are! how happily you walk on his smooth straight road!
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How joyful are those who fear the LORD — all who follow his ways!
2 You worked hard and deserve all you've got coming. Enjoy the blessing! Revel in the goodness!
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You will enjoy the fruit of your labor. How joyful and prosperous you will be!
3 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.
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Your wife will be like a fruitful grapevine, flourishing within your home. Your children will be like vigorous young olive trees as they sit around your table.
4 Stand in awe of God's Yes. Oh, how he blesses the one who fears God!
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That is the LORD ’s blessing for those who fear him.
5 Enjoy the good life in Jerusalem every day of your life.
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May the LORD continually bless you from Zion. May you see Jerusalem prosper as long as you live.
6 And enjoy your grandchildren. Peace to Israel!
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May you live to enjoy your grandchildren. May Israel have peace!
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.
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