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A songשִׁירof the ascents.הַמַּעֲלוֹתHappy isאַשְׁרֵיeveryoneכָּלwho fearsיְרֵאYHWH,יְהוָהwho walksהַהֹלֵךְin his ways.בִּדְרָכָיו
Psalms 128:1
Study it in the app“A song of the ascents. Happy is everyone who fears YHWH, who walks in his ways.”
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With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 128:1, word by word
- A songשִׁירshir
song
A composition sung with words and melody, to praise or celebrate.
Where else “shir” appears- of the ascentsמַּעֲלוֹתmaalot
ascent
"Song of ascents", the title of psalms sung on the way up to Jerusalem.
Where else “maalot” appears- Happy isאַשְׁרֵיashre
happy, blessed
Happy, blessed: an exclamation for the good that someone has.
Where else “ashre” appears- who fearsיְרֵאyere
God-fearing
Who reveres God and so obeys him.
Where else “yere” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- who walksהֹלֵךְholech
walk
Literally "to go": to live a certain way, as Enoch with Elohim.
Where else “holech” appears- in his waysדְרָכָיderachay
ways of YHWH
YHWH's ways: what he does and commands.
Where else “derachay” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2The labor of your hands, when you eat it, happy are you, and it will be good for you.