King James Version
Psalms 128:1 in the King James Version says “A Song of degrees. Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 128 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“A Song of degrees. Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.”
Psalms 128:1 · KJV
A Song of degrees. Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.
For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Blessed”
H835happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“that walketh”
H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
“in his ways”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
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