We’ve had: “A Song” “of
Degrees”
Today is Blessed
H835 - From H833; happiness; only
in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!
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H833 - A primitive root; to be straight
(used in the widest sense, especially to be level, right, happy);
figuratively to go forward, be honest, prosper.
Used 45 times in 42 verses, the first usage is:
Deu 33:29
Happy art
thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the
shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine
enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high
places.
Most of the usages translate the word happy,
while primarily in the Psalms it’s translated as ‘blessed” – a few times happy,
such as:
Psa 127:5
Happy is
the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they
shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
First usage in Proverbs:
Pro 3:13
Happy is
the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth
understanding.
Pro 8:34
Blessed is
the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my
doors.
In Isaiah:
Isa
56:1 Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do
justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be
revealed.
Isa 56:2
Blessed is the man that doeth this,
and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from
polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.
I couldn’t put verse 2 down because ‘blessed is
the man that doeth this” – what is THIS?
How ‘blessed’ are you? Not how ‘blessed’ do you feel, rather how blessed are we?
Are we ‘waiting’ at His doors? Do
we hungrily desire Him, His word, presence in our daily lives? O’ Lord, quicken us, Your people to thirst
and hunger after Thee.
Let us not be ‘quenched’ in the spirit, dulled in
our senses by the onslaught of the worlds bells and whistles, trinkets and
toys. Let us yearn to be seeking You
continually and proclaiming Your truth in all the ways we speak, act, and think.
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