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Blessed are the merciful,
    for they shall obtain mercy.

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Blessed (happy, [a]to be envied, and [b]spiritually prosperous—[c]with life-joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, regardless of their outward conditions) are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy!

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 5:7 Alexander Souter, Pocket Lexicon.
  2. Matthew 5:7 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
  3. Matthew 5:7 Hermann Cremer, Biblico-Theological Lexicon.