The Message Bible MSG
World English Bible WEB
1 All you who fear God, how blessed you are! how happily you walk on his smooth straight road!
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<<A Song of Ascents.>> Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, Who walks in his ways.
2 You worked hard and deserve all you've got coming. Enjoy the blessing! Revel in the goodness!
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For you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be happy, and it will be well with you.
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 as a fruitful vine, In the innermost parts of your house; Your children like olive plants, Around your table.
4 Stand in awe of God's Yes. Oh, how he blesses the one who fears God!
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Behold, thus is the man blessed who fears Yahweh.
5 Enjoy the good life in Jerusalem every day of your life.
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May Yahweh bless you out of Zion, And may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life.
6 And enjoy your grandchildren. Peace to Israel!
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Yes, may you see your children's children. Peace be upon Israel.
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