Psalm 128:1 - ...the Lord...

the LORD; H3068

H3068 - From H1961; (the) self Existent or eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God:.

·         H1961 - A primitive root (compare H1933); to exist, that is, be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary.

H3068 is used 6521 times in 5524 verses – I may have to forebear reviewing each entry. J

Genesis	141 verses found	162 matches
Exodus	341 verses found	397 matches
Leviticus	281 verses found	311 matches
Numbers	350 verses found	396 matches
Deuteronomy	438 verses found	548 matches
Joshua	169 verses found	223 matches
Judges	137 verses found	172 matches
Ruth	15 verses found	18 matches
1 Samuel	240 verses found	320 matches
2 Samuel	124 verses found	145 matches
1 Kings	212 verses found	257 matches
2 Kings	227 verses found	277 matches
1 Chronicles	144 verses found	174 matches
2 Chronicles	307 verses found	384 matches
Ezra	28 verses found	37 matches
Nehemiah	15 verses found	17 matches
Job	23 verses found	32 matches
Psalms	624 verses found	687 matches
Proverbs	87 verses found	87 matches
Isaiah	373 verses found	426 matches
Jeremiah	614 verses found	712 matches
Lamentations	32 verses found	32 matches
Ezekiel	200 verses found	217 matches
Daniel	7 verses found	8 matches
Hosea	39 verses found	46 matches
Joel	26 verses found	33 matches
Amos	56 verses found	60 matches
Obadiah	6 verses found	6 matches
Jonah	21 verses found	26 matches
Micah	35 verses found	39 matches
Nahum	10 verses found	13 matches
Habakkuk	11 verses found	13 matches
Zephaniah	27 verses found	33 matches
Haggai	24 verses found	35 matches
Zechariah	102 verses found	132 matches
Malachi	38 verses found	46 matches

Intriguing – Ruth, a book of 4 small chapters has 18 usages; Nehemiah – 17; Daniel only 8 (new beginnings); and Obadiah, 1 small chapter (21 verses total) has 6 references.  First usage:

Gen 2:4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

Last usage:

Mal 4:5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD.

Middle – (6521/2 = 3260.5) based upon current OT book order:

1Ch 15:29 And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.

Or depending on how you want to divide the .5.

1Ch 16:2 And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD.

And caving into my OCD…I ‘had’ to number the books – the middle based upon Original Bible Order would be 2 Kings (since 1 and 2 Chronicles is at the end).  For those who don’t think it matters, try reading the Bible in the original order and see if there’s not a noticeable difference in flow.

But I digress – interestingly by numbering the books, I discovered 3 which did not have Lord – H3068.  And because…I had to double check.  J

Esther – No usage of H3068, or H430 (God).

Ecclesiastes – No usage of H3068, however a search for God netted H430 (40x).

Song of Solomon - No usage of H3068, or H430 (God).

That’s pretty intriguing – no mention at all?  Hmmm…I’ll definitely need to reread those books and pay better attention!

Psalm 128:1 ...that feareth...

that feareth - H3373

H3373 - From H3372; fearing; morally reverent.

·         H3372 - A primitive root; to fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten.

H3373 is used 43 times in 43 verses (one for one).

Gen 22:12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou anything unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.

22 chapters before fearing God is mentioned?  Pretty amazing.  Then not again until:

Gen 42:18 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:

Joseph speaking to his brothers – would they have grasped he was speaking about the one true God and the reverential fear He deserves?

Fear is only used 1 time in Exodus (18:21); Deuteronomy (20:8); Judges (7:3)

Three times in Job – Psalms has the most with 26!  Proverbs 3 and Ecclesiastes 2, I’d have thought it would have been used more in the wisdom books!

Though we are to speak to one another in psalms, hymns and spiritual songs, so perhaps its more appropriate to the bulk in Psalms!

Isaiah – 1

Jeremiah – 1

Malachi – 2

All of the usages couple ‘fear’ with God, Lord, him, thee, or thy name except:

Deu 20:8 And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well as his heart.

Jdg 7:3 Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.

Pro 13:13 Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.

Pro 14:16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.

Jer 42:16 Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die.

Out of 43 verses – 5 weren’t coupled with God (in some way – though Proverbs 13:13 might not qualify if commandment is synonymous with God).

So saints how much are we reverentially fearing God?  Keeping His commandments, desiring to please Him in everything we do?

Psalm 128:1 - ...is every one...

…is every one…

H3605 - From H3634; properly the whole; hence all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

·         H3634 - A primitive root; to complete.

H3605 is used 5406 times in 4236 verses…a bit daunting.  First usage:

Gen 1:21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

I used E-sword for my Bible studies, here’s how the use of H3605 is broken down:

Genesis	251 verses found	342 matches
Exodus	228 verses found	309 matches
Leviticus	196 verses found	259 matches
Numbers	252 verses found	325 matches
Deuteronomy	282 verses found	359 matches
Joshua	170 verses found	235 matches
Judges	109 verses found	138 matches
Ruth	10 verses found	13 matches
1 Samuel	156 verses found	187 matches
2 Samuel	166 verses found	208 matches
1 Kings	195 verses found	237 matches
2 Kings	156 verses found	203 matches
1 Chronicles	139 verses found	183 matches
2 Chronicles	241 verses found	300 matches
Ezra	37 verses found	48 matches
Nehemiah	57 verses found	71 matches
Esther	54 verses found	73 matches
Job	66 verses found	73 matches
Psalms	318 verses found	349 matches
Proverbs	77 verses found	77 matches
Ecclesiastes	69 verses found	91 matches
Song of Solomon	11 verses found	12 matches
Isaiah	200 verses found	251 matches
Jeremiah	347 verses found	476 matches
Lamentations	31 verses found	36 matches
Ezekiel	236 verses found	330 matches
Daniel	22 verses found	30 matches
Hosea	19 verses found	22 matches
Joel	16 verses found	16 matches
Amos	18 verses found	25 matches
Obadiah	3 verses found	3 matches
Jonah	1 verse found	1 match
Micah	14 verses found	16 matches
Nahum	10 verses found	12 matches
Habakkuk	9 verses found	11 matches
Zephaniah	17 verses found	23 matches
Haggai	9 verses found	10 matches
Zechariah	35 verses found	42 matches
Malachi	9 verses found	10 matches

 Heh, and the program only shows the first 1000 uses, I was curious as to the Jonah passage (used 1 x):

Jon 2:3 For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.

Last usage (according to standard Bible book order):

Mal 4:1 For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

– Original Order Post would have 2 Chronicles as the last book:

2Ch 36:23 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.

Both passages are thought provoking…one speaks of the eternal judgment to come (and are we warning folks?), the other shows how God allows rulers to have dominion.  This particular ruler allowed God’s people liberty to openly worship Him.

How we take these freedoms for granted – especially in the United States – home of the free and brave, religious liberties, abundance, gross indulgence and ever growing selfishness.  *sigh*