Blessed Is Everyone Who Fears the LORD: Work, Family, and Peace in Zion. Psalm 128 describes the blessed life of
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
Jesus Christ.
John 1:17
Sandor Viczian
Blessed Is Everyone Who Fears the LORD: Work, Family, and Peace in Zion.
Psalm 128 describes the blessed life of the one who fears the LORD and walks in His ways, showing that reverence for God shapes everyday work, home, and community. It presents honest labor not as a curse but as a good gift under God’s favor, with the promise of meaningful provision. The psalm also highlights family fruitfulness—peace and joy within the household—as part of God’s blessing, not merely personal success. It widens the lens to Zion and Jerusalem, teaching that private godliness is meant to overflow into public peace for God’s people. The chapter’s aim is to call believers to simple, steady obedience that produces durable blessing, while reminding that true prosperity is rooted in the fear of the LORD, not in self-made strength.
Psalms 128:1 – 128:6
1 A Song of degrees. Blessed [is] every one that feareth the Lord; that walketh in his ways.
2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy [shalt] thou [be], and [it shall be] well with thee.
3 Thy wife [shall be] as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
4 Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord.
5 The Lord shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
6 Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, [and] peace upon Israel.
STATEMENT OF FAITH
We Believe…
In one God, eternally existent in three persons – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit;
In the absolute deity and full humanity of our Lord Jesus Christ, God the Son, His virgin birth, His sinless life, His miracles, His substitutionary and atoning death for all through His shed blood, His bodily resurrection, His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and His personal return in power and glory to judge the living and the dead;
In the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, by whose indwelling the Christian is empowered to live a holy life, to witness and work for the Lord Jesus Christ;
In the divine inspiration of all 66 books of the Old and New Testaments as originally given, guaranteeing their infallibility, entire trustworthiness, and supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct;
That all people are sinners and cannot save themselves. Salvation is received as a free gift of God’s grace, apart from works, through repentance and personal faith in the redemptive work of Christ and the regenerating power of the Holy Spirit;
In the bodily resurrection of both the saved and the lost, the eternal blessedness of the saved, and the eternal punishment of the lost;
In the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ who are thus members of His Body, the Church, whose work is the worship of God, perfecting the saints, and evangelization of the world.
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