Psalms 128:1
A Song of degrees. Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.
128:1. Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD. The last psalm ended with a blessing—for the word there translated “happy” is the same as that which is here rendered “blessed”; thus the two songs are joined by a catchword. There is also in them a close community of subject. The fear of God is the cornerstone of all blessedness. We must reverence the ever-blessed God before we can be blessed ourselves. Some think that this life is an evil, an infliction, a thing upon which rests a curse; but it is not so; the God-fearing person has a present blessing. It is not true that it would be to him “something better not to be.” He is even here a joint-heir with Jesus Christ, whose heritage is not misery, but joy. This is true of every one of the God-fearing, of all conditions, in all ages: each one and every one is blessed. Their blessedness may not always be seen by carnal reason, but it is always a fact, for God himself declares that it is so. Let us cultivate that holy filial fear of Jehovah which is the essence of all true religion—the fear of reverence, of dread to offend, of eagerness to please, and of entire submission and obedience.
That walketh in his ways. The religious life, which God declares to be blessed, must be practical as well as emotional. It is idle to talk of fearing the Lord if we act like those who have no care whether there be a God or no.
The Treasury of David by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)
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