Psalms 128:1

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 Word of the Lord.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 128:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 bless...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

"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 reforme...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 h...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Title.. Song of degrees. Same as 120. See App-67. Blessed is . O the happinesses of. See the Beatitudes. App-63. feareth . revereth.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

A Song of degrees. Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The sundry blessings which follow them that fear God. A Song of Degrees. Title. המעלות שׁיר Shiir hammangaloth. ] This psalm is thought to h...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways. Psalms 128:1-6 .-The fear of God brings blessedness. Israel, returned f...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The man who fears God will be blessed in his family life. The Ps. has been called the 'Home, Sweet Home 'of Judaism.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 128:1-6 THE preceding psalm traced all prosperity and domestic felicity to God's giving hand. It painted in its close the picture of a fath...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“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....
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This song naturally follows the one in which Jehovah's relation to the home, as building and establishing it, is recognised. It is chiefly interestin...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 offs...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Blessed [is] everyone that feareth the Lord ,.... Be he who he will; of whatsoever nation, Jew or Gentile; of whatsoever sex, age, or condition, hig...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 fea...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Blessedness of the Godly. A song of degrees. 1 Blessed is every...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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,...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 o...
Scofield Reference Notes

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...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

REFLECTIONS. We have here another family psalm. It compresses all the blessings of the Hebrew covenant into a short compass. (1) We have the c...
The Biblical Illustrator

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...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 los...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 4:1 ; Acts 9:31 ; Luke 1:50 ; Luke 1:6 ; Psalms 1:1-3 ; Psalms 119:1 ; Psalms 81:13 ; Psalms 103:1 ; Psalms 103:13 ; Psalms...

¹ Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 128:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 128:1