Happiness of the Righteous

Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is the shield that protects you, the sword in which you boast. Your enemies will cower before you, and you shall trample their high places.”

Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. …

They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.

I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”

My soul is satisfied as with the richest of foods; with joyful lips my mouth will praise You.

A song of ascents. Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in His ways!

For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours.

A song of ascents. Of David. Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!

Blessed are the people of whom this is so; blessed are the people whose God is the LORD.

Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,

Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who acquires understanding, …

He who despises his neighbor sins, but blessed is he who shows kindness to the poor.

Whoever heeds instruction will find success, and blessed is he who trusts in the LORD.

Blessed is the man who is always reverent, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble.

Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint; but blessed is he who keeps the Law.

Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God. …

I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,

…and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor—this is the gift of God.

I have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him?

Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”

With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation,

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. …

…through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.

That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be shaken.”

Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you.

But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory.