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The Happiness of a Good Person

112 Praise the Lord!

Happy is the person who honors the Lord,
    who takes pleasure in obeying his commands.
The good man's children will be powerful in the land;
    his descendants will be blessed.
His family will be wealthy and rich,
    and he will be prosperous forever.

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Psalm 112[a]

Praise the Lord.[b](A)

Blessed are those(B) who fear the Lord,(C)
    who find great delight(D) in his commands.

Their children(E) will be mighty in the land;
    the generation of the upright will be blessed.
Wealth and riches(F) are in their houses,
    and their righteousness endures(G) forever.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 112:1 This psalm is an acrostic poem, the lines of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
  2. Psalm 112:1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah