Chapter 128
The Blessed Fear of the LORD
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A song of ascents. 1Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in His ways!
𐤔𐤉𐤓 𐤄𐤌𐤏𐤋𐤅𐤕 𐤀𐤔𐤓𐤉 𐤊𐤋 𐤉𐤓𐤀 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤄𐤄𐤋𐤊 𐤁𐤃𐤓𐤊𐤉𐤅
שִׁ֗יר הַֽמַּ֫עֲל֥וֹת אַ֭שְׁרֵי כָּל־ יְרֵ֣א יְהוָ֑ה הַ֝הֹלֵ֗ךְ בִּדְרָכָֽיו׃ šîr ham·ma·‘ă·lō·wṯ ’aš·rê kāl- yə·rê Yah·weh ha·hō·lêḵ biḏ·rā·ḵāw — WLC · 1
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For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours.
𐤊𐤉 𐤕𐤀𐤊𐤋 𐤊𐤐𐤉𐤊 𐤉𐤂𐤉𐤏 𐤀𐤔𐤓𐤉𐤊 𐤅𐤈𐤅𐤁 𐤋𐤊
כִּ֣י תֹאכֵ֑ל כַּ֭פֶּיךָ יְגִ֣יעַ אַ֝שְׁרֶ֗יךָ וְט֣וֹב לָֽךְ׃ kî ṯō·ḵêl kap·pe·ḵā yə·ḡî·a‘ ’aš·re·ḵā wə·ṭō·wḇ lāḵ — WLC · 2
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Your wife will be like a fruitful vine [flourishing] within your house, your sons like olive shoots [sitting] around your table.
𐤀𐤔𐤕𐤊 𐤐𐤓𐤉𐤄 𐤊𐤂𐤐𐤍 𐤁𐤉𐤓𐤊𐤕𐤉 𐤁𐤉𐤕𐤊 𐤁𐤍𐤉𐤊 𐤆𐤉𐤕𐤉𐤌 𐤊𐤔𐤕𐤋𐤉 𐤎𐤁𐤉𐤁 𐤋𐤔𐤋𐤇𐤍𐤊
אֶשְׁתְּךָ֤׀ פֹּרִיָּה֮ כְּגֶ֥פֶן בְּיַרְכְּתֵ֪י בֵ֫יתֶ֥ךָ בָּ֭נֶיךָ זֵיתִ֑ים כִּשְׁתִלֵ֣י סָ֝בִ֗יב לְשֻׁלְחָנֶֽךָ׃ ’eš·tə·ḵā pō·rî·yāh kə·ḡe·p̄en bə·yar·kə·ṯê ḇê·ṯe·ḵā bā·ne·ḵā zê·ṯîm kiš·ṯi·lê sā·ḇîḇ lə·šul·ḥā·ne·ḵā — WLC · 3
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In this way indeed… shall blessing come to the man who fears the LORD.
𐤊𐤍 𐤄𐤍𐤄 𐤊𐤉 𐤉𐤁𐤓𐤊 𐤂𐤁𐤓 𐤉𐤓𐤀 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄
כֵ֭ן הִנֵּ֣ה כִי־ יְבֹ֥רַךְ גָּ֗בֶר יְרֵ֣א יְהוָֽה׃ ḵên hin·nêh ḵî- yə·ḇō·raḵ gā·ḇer yə·rê Yah·weh — WLC · 4
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May the LORD bless you from Zion, that you may see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life,
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤉𐤁𐤓𐤊𐤊 𐤌𐤑𐤉𐤅𐤍 𐤅𐤓𐤀𐤄 𐤁𐤈𐤅𐤁 𐤉𐤓𐤅𐤔𐤋𐤌 𐤊𐤋 𐤉𐤌𐤉 𐤇𐤉𐤉𐤊
יְהוָ֗ה יְבָרֶכְךָ֥ מִצִּ֫יּ֥וֹן וּ֭רְאֵה בְּט֣וּב יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם כֹּ֝֗ל יְמֵ֣י חַיֶּֽיךָ׃ Yah·weh yə·ḇā·reḵ·ḵā miṣ·ṣî·yō·wn ū·rə·’êh bə·ṭūḇ yə·rū·šā·lim kōl yə·mê ḥay·ye·ḵā — WLC · 5
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that you may see your children’s children. Peace be upon Israel!
𐤅𐤓𐤀𐤄 𐤁𐤍𐤉𐤌 𐤋𐤁𐤍𐤉𐤊 𐤔𐤋𐤅𐤌 𐤏𐤋 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋
וּרְאֵֽה־ בָנִ֥ים לְבָנֶ֑יךָ שָׁ֝ל֗וֹם עַל־ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ ū·rə·’êh- ḇā·nîm lə·ḇā·ne·ḵā šā·lôm ‘al- yiś·rā·’êl — WLC · 6