Verse 1

Praise the LORD! How blessed is the one who obeys the LORD, who takes great delight in keeping his commands.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 128:1 : 1 A song of ascents. How blessed is every one of the LORD’s loyal followers, each one who keeps his commands!
  • Ps 119:16 : 16 I find delight in your statutes; I do not forget your instructions.
  • Ps 111:10 : 10 To obey the LORD is the fundamental principle for wise living; all who carry out his precepts acquire good moral insight. He will receive praise forever.
  • Ps 115:7-9 : 7 hands, but cannot touch, feet, but cannot walk. They cannot even clear their throats. 8 Those who make them will end up like them, as will everyone who trusts in them. 9 O Israel, trust in the LORD! He is their deliverer and protector. 10 O family of Aaron, trust in the LORD! He is their deliverer and protector. 11 You loyal followers of the LORD, trust in the LORD! He is their deliverer and protector. 12 The LORD takes notice of us, he will bless– he will bless the family of Israel, he will bless the family of Aaron. 13 He will bless his loyal followers, both young and old.
  • Ps 119:14 : 14 I rejoice in the lifestyle prescribed by your rules as if they were riches of all kinds.
  • Ps 1:1-2 : 1 ¶ Book 1(Psalms 1-41) How blessed is the one who does not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand in the pathway with sinners, or sit in the assembly of scoffers! 2 Instead he finds pleasure in obeying the LORD’s commands; he meditates on his commands day and night.
  • Ps 40:8 : 8 I want to do what pleases you, my God. Your law dominates my thoughts.”
  • Ps 119:35 : 35 Guide me in the path of your commands, for I delight to walk in it.
  • Ps 119:47-48 : 47 I will find delight in your commands, which I love. 48 I will lift my hands to your commands, which I love, and I will meditate on your statutes.
  • Ps 119:70-72 : 70 Their hearts are calloused, but I find delight in your law. 71 It was good for me to suffer, so that I might learn your statutes. 72 The law you have revealed is more important to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
  • Ps 119:97 : 97 מ(Mem) O how I love your law! All day long I meditate on it.
  • Ps 119:143 : 143 Distress and hardship confront me, yet I find delight in your commands.
  • Ps 145:19 : 19 He satisfies the desire of his loyal followers; he hears their cry for help and delivers them.
  • Ps 147:1 : 1 Praise the LORD, for it is good to sing praises to our God! Yes, praise is pleasant and appropriate!
  • Ps 148:11-14 : 11 you kings of the earth and all you nations, you princes and all you leaders on the earth, 12 you young men and young women, you elderly, along with you children! 13 Let them praise the name of the LORD, for his name alone is exalted; his majesty extends over the earth and sky. 14 He has made his people victorious, and given all his loyal followers reason to praise– the Israelites, the people who are close to him. Praise the LORD!
  • Ps 150:1 : 1 Praise the LORD! Praise God in his sanctuary! Praise him in the sky, which testifies to his strength!
  • Isa 50:10 : 10 Who among you fears the LORD? Who obeys his servant? Whoever walks in deep darkness, without light, should trust in the name of the LORD and rely on his God.
  • Luke 1:50 : 50 from generation to generation he is merciful to those who fear him.
  • Rom 7:22 : 22 For I delight in the law of God in my inner being.
  • Rom 8:6 : 6 For the outlook of the flesh is death, but the outlook of the Spirit is life and peace,
  • Ps 111:1 : 1 Praise the LORD! I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart, in the assembly of the godly and the congregation.