Lexicon :: Strong's H835 - 'ešer

“Happy and blessed are you, O Israel;

Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD,

The Shield of your help,

And the Sword of your majesty!

Your enemies will cringe before you,

And you will tread on their high places [tramping down their idolatrous altars].”

“Behold, how happy and fortunate is the man whom God reproves,

So do not despise or reject the discipline of the Almighty [subjecting you to trial and suffering].

[fn]Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked [following their advice and example],

Nor stand in the path of sinners,

Nor sit [down to rest] in the seat of [fn]scoffers (ridiculers).

Kiss (pay respect to) the [fn]Son, so that He does not become angry, and you perish in the way,

For His wrath may soon be kindled and set aflame.

How blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] are all those who take refuge in Him!

A Psalm of David. A skillful [fn]song, or a didactic or reflective poem.

Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, favored by God] is he whose transgression is forgiven,

And whose sin is covered.

Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the nation whose God is the LORD,

The people whom He has chosen as His own inheritance.

O taste and see that the LORD [our God] is good;

How blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who takes refuge in Him.

Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who makes the LORD his trust,

And does not regard the proud nor those who lapse into lies.

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

Blessed [by God’s grace and compassion] is he who considers the helpless;

The LORD will save him in the day of trouble.

Blessed is the one whom You choose and bring near

To dwell in Your courts.

We will be filled with the goodness of Your house,

Your holy temple.

Blessed and greatly favored are those who dwell in Your house and Your presence;

They will be singing Your praises all the day long. Selah.

O LORD of hosts,

How blessed and greatly favored is the man who trusts in You [believing in You, relying on You, and committing himself to You with confident hope and expectation].

Blessed and happy are the people who know the joyful sound [of the trumpet’s blast]!

They walk, O LORD, in the light and favor of Your countenance!

Blessed [with wisdom and prosperity] is the man whom You discipline and instruct, O LORD,

And whom You teach from Your law,

Blessed are those who observe justice [by honoring God’s precepts],

Who practice righteousness at all times.

Praise the LORD! (Hallelujah!)

Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who fears the LORD [with awe-inspired reverence and worships Him with obedience],

Who delights greatly in His commandments.

[fn]Aleph.

How blessed and favored by God are those whose way is blameless [those with personal integrity, the upright, the guileless],

Who walk in the law [and who are guided by the precepts and revealed will] of the LORD.

How blessed [happy and fortunate] is the man whose quiver is filled with them;

They will not be ashamed

When they speak with their enemies [in gatherings] at the [city] gate.

A Song of [fn]Ascents.

Blessed [happy and sheltered by God’s favor] is everyone who fears the LORD [and worships Him with obedience],

Who walks in His ways and lives according to His commandments.

O daughter of Babylon, you devastator,

How blessed will be the one

Who repays you [with destruction] as you have repaid us.

How blessed and favored are the people in such circumstance;

How blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored] are the people whose God is the LORD!

How blessed and graciously favored is he whose help is the God of Jacob (Israel),

Whose hope is in the LORD his God,

Happy [blessed, considered fortunate, to be admired] is the man who finds [skillful and godly] wisdom,

And the man who gains understanding and insight [learning from God’s word and life’s experiences],

“Now therefore, O sons, listen to me,

For blessed [happy, prosperous, to be admired] are they who keep my ways.

“Blessed [happy, prosperous, to be admired] is the man who listens to me,

Watching daily at my gates,

Waiting at my doorposts.

He who despises his neighbor sins [against God and his fellow man],

But happy [blessed and favored by God] is he who is gracious and merciful to the poor.

He who pays attention to the word [of God] will find good,

And blessed (happy, prosperous, to be admired) is he who trusts [confidently] in the LORD.

The righteous man who walks in integrity and lives life in accord with his [godly] beliefs—

How blessed [happy and spiritually secure] are his children after him [who have his example to follow].

Blessed and favored by God is the man who fears [sin and its consequence] at all times,

But he who hardens his heart [and is determined to sin] will fall into disaster.

Where there is no vision [no revelation of God and His word], the people are unrestrained;

But happy and blessed is he who keeps the law [of God].

Therefore the LORD waits [expectantly] and longs to be gracious to you,

And therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you.

[fn]For the LORD is a God of justice;

Blessed (happy, fortunate) are all those who long for Him [since He will never fail them].

Blessed (happy, fortunate) are you who cast your seed upon all waters [[fn]when the river overflows its banks and irrigates the land],

You who allow the ox and the donkey to roam freely.

“Blessed (happy, fortunate) is the man who does this,

And the son of man who takes hold of it,

Who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it,

And keeps his hand from doing any evil.”