Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 128:1
"A Song of degrees." Blessed [is] every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his (a) ways.
(a) God approves not our life, unless it is reformed according to his word.
"A Song of degrees." Blessed [is] every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his (a) ways.
(a) God approves not our life, unless it is reformed according to his word.
PSALM CXXVIII _The blessedness of the man that fears the Lord_, 1. _He is blessed in his labour_, 2; _in his wife and children_, 3, 4; _in the ordinances of God_, 5; _and in a long life and numer...
BLESSED IS EVERY ONE THAT FEARETH THE LORD - That honors God; that is truly pious. See the notes at Psalms 1:1; Psalms 112:1. What that blessedness is, is indicated in the following verses. THAT WALKE...
PSALM 120-134 The Psalms of Degrees Fifteen brief Psalms follow, called songs of degrees, or, ascents. They were in all probability used by Israel going up to Jerusalem three times a year to celebrat...
CXXVIII. THE BLESSING OF A PIOUS HOME. Psalms 128:2_ a. i.e._ without being robbed by the oppressor. This shows how low peasant life in Israel has sunk. Psalms 128:3. Observe the seclusion of women....
TITLE.. SONG OF DEGREES. Same as 120. See App-67. BLESSED IS. O the happinesses of. See the Beatitudes. App-63. FEARETH. revereth....
_The sundry blessings which follow them that fear God._ A Song of Degrees. _Title._ המעלות שׁיר _Shiir hammangaloth._] This psalm is thought to have been written by the author of the preceding one, a...
PSALMS 128 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Happy Home and a Prosperous Commonwealth. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 128:1-3, The Happy Home Described. Stanza II., Psalms 128:4-6, The Interest of the Commonwealth
Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways. Psalms 128:1.-The fear of God brings blessedness. Israel, returned from Babylon, and suffering through the Samaritan foes, is h...
128:1 Blessed (g-5) Or 'Happy.'...
The man who fears God will be blessed in his family life. The Ps. has been called the 'Home, Sweet Home 'of Judaism....
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ PSALMS 128 PSALMS FOR CLIMBING; PSALMS 120:134 Jesus said, "We wi
שִׁ֗יר הַֽ מַּ֫עֲלֹ֥ות אַ֭שְׁרֵי כָּל ־יְרֵ֣א...
Psalms 128:1 THE preceding psalm traced all prosperity and domestic felicity to God's giving hand. It painted in its close the picture of a father surrounded by his sons able to defend him. This psalm...
“IT SHALL BE WELL WITH THEE” Psalms 128:1-6 This psalm is the portrait of a godly man and his home in the best days of the Hebrew commonwealth. _The husband and father_, Psalms 128:1-2. He is rev...
This song naturally follows the one in which Jehovah's relation to the home, as building and establishing it, is recognised. It is chiefly interesting as it reveals the singer's conception of the rela...
Canticle. In which David, (Haydock) or the Jews, at their return, after they had got the better of their enemies, render thanks to God. (St. Chrysostom) (Calmet) --- It may suit the Church, Jesus Chri...
CONTENTS Here is a happy state described, full of blessings. Blessings in the man himself: blessings in the wife of his bosom; blessings in his offspring; and all out of Zion, from the Lord. A Song...
1_Blessed is the man who feareth Jehovah. _In the preceding Psalm it was stated that prosperity in all human affairs, and in the whole course of our life, is to be hoped for exclusively from the grace...
A numerous progeny are distinctly God's gift: happy the man that has his quiver full of them (Psalms 128). The blessings spoken of are declared to be the portion of whoever fears Jehovah. It is presen...
BLESSED [IS] EVERYONE THAT FEARETH THE LORD,.... Be he who he will; of whatsoever nation, Jew or Gentile; of whatsoever sex, age, or condition, high or low, rich or poor, Acts 10:35; such an one is bl...
Psalms 128:1 «A Song of degrees. » Blessed [is] every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways. Ver. 1. _Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord_] This psalm is fitly subjoined to the f...
THE HAPPINESS OF THE PIOUS. A song of degrees, setting forth the temporal blessings of true piety. Cf Zechariah 8....
Blessed is everyone that feareth the Lord, his entire life being arranged in conformity with God's holy will, in childlike reverence; THAT WALKETH IN HIS WAYS, his entire behavior agreeing with the Wo...
PSALM 128 THE ARGUMENT This Psalm contains a description of the blessedness of good men. The psalmist showeth the happy state of such as fear God, in his labour, PSALMS 128:1,2, wife, and children, PS...
Psalms 128:1 Song H7892 Ascents H4609 Blessed H835 fears H3373 LORD H3068 walks H1980 (H8802) ways H1870...
A SONG OF DEGREES Literally, "of ascents." Perhaps chanted by the people as they went up to Jerusalem to the feasts. See, for example (Psalms 112:1); (Psalms 112:2)....
CONTENTS: The prosperity of those who live in the fear of God and in obedience to Him. CHARACTERS: God, Israel. CONCLUSION: Those who are truly holy are truly happy. Those may be assured of a prospe...
REFLECTIONS. We have here another family psalm. It compresses all the blessings of the Hebrew covenant into a short compass. (1) We have the character: he fears the Lord. He is in every view a trul...
_Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord._ THE BLESSED TENDENCY OF TRUE PIETY The subject is the blessed tendency of true piety, and the truly pious man is described as one that “feareth the Lord...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 128:1. This wisdom psalm expands some of the topics in Psalms 127:1....
INTRODUCTION This, like the former, is a Psalm for families. In that, we were taught that the prosperity of our families depends upon the blessing of God: in this, we are taught that the only way to...
EXPOSITION IT is not quite easy to see why this psalm occurs among the "Songs of Ascents." The sentiment of it is that true religion never loses its reward; or, in other words, that whoever fears God...
Continuing to deal with the family and all, the next psalm. Blessed is every one that feareth [or reverences] the LORD; and walks in his ways. For thou shalt eat the labor of your hands: happy shalt...
1 Thessalonians 4:1; Acts 9:31; Luke 1:50; Luke 1:6; Psalms 1:1;...