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Psalms 115:13
He will bless those who fear the LORD—small and great alike.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses the assembled community, declaring Yahweh’s ongoing blessing on the house of Israel and the house of Aaron before extending that promise to the entire congregation.
The words — יְ֭בָרֵךְ (Ye.va.rekh) translates literally as “he will bless,” and יִרְאֵי יְהוָה (yir.'Ei Yah.weh) means “[those] fearing Yahweh.”
The thread — This promise recurs in Psalms 112:1 and Psalms 128:1, where blessing is tied to fearing the Lord, and appears in Luke 1:50 as the extension of God’s mercy across generations to those who revere Him.
Why it lands — It requires the reader to acknowledge that divine favor operates independently of social rank, explicitly including both the lowly and the prominent who revere Yahweh.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
He will bless them that fear the Lord, both small and great.
Cross-references
- Psalms 112:1 Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.
- Psalms 128:1 A song of ascents. Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in His ways!
- Luke 1:50 His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.
- Psalms 29:11 The LORD gives His people strength; the LORD blesses His people with peace.
- Psalms 128:4 In this way indeed shall blessing come to the man who fears the LORD.
- Revelation 19:5 Then a voice came from the throne, saying: “Praise our God, all you who serve Him, and those who fear Him, small and great alike!”
- Malachi 4:2 “But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.
- Revelation 11:18 The nations were enraged, and Your wrath has come. The time has come to judge the dead and to reward Your servants the prophets, as well as the saints and those who fear Your name, both small and great—and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”
- Malachi 3:16 At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His name.
- Acts 13:26 Brothers, children of Abraham, and you Gentiles who fear God, it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent.