Happy is he who keeps the law

Proverbs 29:18
Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; But happy is he who keeps the law.

It is important for us to have a constant or regular communication with God. This includes prayer time and reading His Word. Revelations or visions may then come to us from God. Without these, our distance from God grows and quite soon we will have forgotten His ways, His statutes, laws and commandments which He repeated many times to the Israelites not to forget. The opposite result is that those who keeps the law, not by letter but by the spirit will be able to rejoice in Him.

Your Wife Shall Be Like a Fruitful Vine

A short psalm that contains the key definitions of how to be blessed and the results of blessing.

The straightforward way to be blessed by the LORD is: 1) Fear God 2) Walk in His ways.

The result of the LORD's blessings on us are:
- our work will be fruitful and we will be happy
- the wife would bear numerous children
- the joy of having children around us




Psalm 128
Blessings of Those Who Fear the Lord
A Song of Ascents.

1 Blessed is every one who fears the Lord,
Who walks in His ways.

2 When you eat the labor of your hands,
You shall be happy, and it shall be well with you.

3 Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine
In the very heart of your house,
Your children like olive plants
All around your table.

4 Behold, thus shall the man be blessed
Who fears the Lord.

5 The Lord bless you out of Zion,
And may you see the good of Jerusalem
All the days of your life.

6 Yes, may you see your children’s children.
Peace be upon Israel!

The Lord Builds the House

Two main themes here which can be inter-related. The first is that our work can only be fruitful if it is blessed by God. We can work the hardest but unless "the Lord builds the house", our efforts are in vain. This even applies to work related to the service of the Lord.

The second is the blessing of having children. The Scripture encourage us to be thankful for them. It describes children as a "heritage from the Lord" and is a reward for the womb. It is also describes as arrows and the man who has many will be happy.


Psalm 127
Laboring and Prospering with the Lord
A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon.

1 Unless the Lord builds the house,
They labor in vain who build it;
Unless the Lord guards the city,
The watchman stays awake in vain.

2 It is vain for you to rise up early,
To sit up late,
To eat the bread of sorrows;
For so He gives His beloved sleep.

3 Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord,
The fruit of the womb is a reward.

4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior,
So are the children of one’s youth.

5 Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them;
They shall not be ashamed,
But shall speak with their enemies in the gate.