For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.Happy is one who cares for the poor;
the Lord will save him in a day of adversity.
The Lord will keep him and preserve him;
he will be blessed in the land.
You will not give him over to the desire of his enemies.

The one who waits for and reaches 1,335 days is blessed.

That slave whose master finds him working when he comes will be rewarded.

Then those who went ahead and those who followed kept shouting:

Hosanna!
He who comes in the name
of the Lord is the blessed One!

Jesus said, “Because you have seen Me, you have believed. Those who believe without seeing are blessed.”

See, we count as blessed those who have endured. You have heard of Job’s endurance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is very compassionate and merciful.

But even if you should suffer for righteousness, you are blessed. Do not fear what they fear or be disturbed,

If you are ridiculed for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.

The one who reads this is blessed, and those who hear the words of this prophecy and keep what is written in it are blessed, because the time is near!

“Look, I am coming like a thief. The one who is alert and remains clothed so that he may not go around naked and people see his shame is blessed.”

“Look, I am coming quickly! The one who keeps the prophetic words of this book is blessed.”

“Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by the gates.

“And now, my sons, listen to me;
those who keep my ways are happy.

Anyone who listens to me is happy,
watching at my doors every day,
waiting by the posts of my doorway.

Happy is a man who finds wisdom
and who acquires understanding,

Hallelujah!
Happy is the man who fears the Lord,
taking great delight in His commands.

A song of ascents.How happy is everyone who fears the Lord,
who walks in His ways!

How happy are those who uphold justice,
who practice righteousness at all times.

BOOK I
(Psalms 1–41)How happy is the man
who does not follow the advice of the wicked
or take the path of sinners
or join a group of mockers!