(A)“Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be (B)in the country.

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You will be blessed(A) in the city and blessed in the country.(B)

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So it was, from the time that he had made him overseer of his house and all that he had, that (A)the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of the Lord was on all that he had in the house and in the field.

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From the time he put him in charge of his household and of all that he owned, the Lord blessed the household(A) of the Egyptian because of Joseph.(B) The blessing of the Lord was on everything Potiphar had, both in the house and in the field.(C)

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12 That our sons may be (A)as plants grown up in their youth;
That our daughters may be as [a]pillars,
Sculptured in palace style;
13 That our barns may be full,
Supplying all kinds of produce;
That our sheep may bring forth thousands
And ten thousands in our fields;
14 That our oxen may be well laden;
That there be no [b]breaking in or going out;
That there be no outcry in our streets.
15 (B)Happy are the people who are in such a state;
Happy are the people whose God is the Lord!

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  1. Psalm 144:12 corner pillars
  2. Psalm 144:14 Lit. breach

12 Then our sons in their youth
    will be like well-nurtured plants,(A)
and our daughters will be like pillars(B)
    carved to adorn a palace.
13 Our barns will be filled(C)
    with every kind of provision.
Our sheep will increase by thousands,
    by tens of thousands in our fields;
14     our oxen(D) will draw heavy loads.[a]
There will be no breaching of walls,(E)
    no going into captivity,
    no cry of distress in our streets.(F)
15 Blessed is the people(G) of whom this is true;
    blessed is the people whose God is the Lord.

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  1. Psalm 144:14 Or our chieftains will be firmly established

19 (A)Is the seed still in the barn? As yet the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yielded fruit. But from this day I will (B)bless you.’ ”

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19 Is there yet any seed left in the barn? Until now, the vine and the fig tree, the pomegranate(A) and the olive tree have not borne fruit.(B)

“‘From this day on I will bless(C) you.’”

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21 (A)They shall build houses and inhabit them;
They shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
22 They shall not build and another inhabit;
They shall not plant and (B)another eat;
For (C)as the days of a tree, so shall be the days of My people,
And (D)My elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
23 They shall not labor in vain,
(E)Nor bring forth children for trouble;
For (F)they shall be the descendants of the blessed of the Lord,
And their offspring with them.

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21 They will build houses(A) and dwell in them;
    they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.(B)
22 No longer will they build houses and others live in them,(C)
    or plant and others eat.
For as the days of a tree,(D)
    so will be the days(E) of my people;
my chosen(F) ones will long enjoy
    the work of their hands.
23 They will not labor in vain,(G)
    nor will they bear children doomed to misfortune;(H)
for they will be a people blessed(I) by the Lord,
    they and their descendants(J) with them.

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36 There He makes the hungry dwell,
That they may establish a city for a dwelling place,
37 And sow fields and plant vineyards,
That they may yield a fruitful harvest.

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36 there he brought the hungry to live,
    and they founded a city where they could settle.
37 They sowed fields and planted vineyards(A)
    that yielded a fruitful harvest;

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12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year (A)a hundredfold; and the Lord (B)blessed him.

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12 Isaac planted crops in that land and the same year reaped a hundredfold,(A) because the Lord blessed him.(B)

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10 (A)Bring all the tithes into the (B)storehouse,
That there may be food in My house,
And try Me now in this,”
Says the Lord of hosts,
“If I will not open for you the (C)windows of heaven
And (D)pour out for you such blessing
That there will not be room enough to receive it.

11 “And I will rebuke (E)the devourer for your sakes,
So that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground,
Nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field,”
Says the Lord of hosts;

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10 Bring the whole tithe(A) into the storehouse,(B) that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates(C) of heaven and pour out(D) so much blessing(E) that there will not be room enough to store it.(F) 11 I will prevent pests from devouring(G) your crops, and the vines in your fields will not drop their fruit before it is ripe,(H)” says the Lord Almighty.

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“Thus says the Lord:

(A)‘I will return to Zion,
And (B)dwell in the midst of Jerusalem.
Jerusalem (C)shall be called the City of Truth,
(D)The Mountain of the Lord of hosts,
(E)The Holy Mountain.’

“Thus says the Lord of hosts:

(F)‘Old men and old women shall again sit
In the streets of Jerusalem,
Each one with his staff in his hand
Because of [a]great age.
The streets of the city
Shall be (G)full of boys and girls
Playing in its streets.’

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  1. Zechariah 8:4 Lit. many days

This is what the Lord says: “I will return(A) to Zion(B) and dwell in Jerusalem.(C) Then Jerusalem will be called the Faithful City,(D) and the mountain(E) of the Lord Almighty will be called the Holy Mountain.(F)

This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Once again men and women of ripe old age will sit in the streets of Jerusalem,(G) each of them with cane in hand because of their age. The city streets will be filled with boys and girls playing there.(H)

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13 “Behold, (A)the days are coming,” says the Lord,
“When the plowman shall overtake the reaper,
And the treader of grapes him who sows seed;
(B)The mountains shall drip with sweet wine,
And all the hills shall flow with it.
14 (C)I will bring back the captives of My people Israel;
(D)They shall build the waste cities and inhabit them;
They shall plant vineyards and drink wine from them;
They shall also make gardens and eat fruit from them.

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13 “The days are coming,”(A) declares the Lord,

“when the reaper(B) will be overtaken by the plowman(C)
    and the planter by the one treading(D) grapes.
New wine(E) will drip from the mountains
    and flow from all the hills,(F)
14     and I will bring(G) my people Israel back from exile.[a](H)

“They will rebuild the ruined cities(I) and live in them.
    They will plant vineyards(J) and drink their wine;
    they will make gardens and eat their fruit.(K)

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  1. Amos 9:14 Or will restore the fortunes of my people Israel

Blessings of Those Who Fear the Lord

A Song of Ascents.

128 Blessed (A)is every one who fears the Lord,
Who walks in His ways.

(B)When you eat the [a]labor of your hands,
You shall be happy, and it shall be (C)well with you.
Your wife shall be (D)like a fruitful vine
In the very heart of your house,
Your (E)children (F)like olive plants
All around your table.
Behold, thus shall the man be blessed
Who fears the Lord.

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

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  1. Psalm 128:2 Fruit of the labor

Psalm 128

A song of ascents.

Blessed are all who fear the Lord,(A)
    who walk in obedience to him.(B)
You will eat the fruit of your labor;(C)
    blessings and prosperity(D) will be yours.
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine(E)
    within your house;
your children(F) will be like olive shoots(G)
    around your table.
Yes, this will be the blessing(H)
    for the man who fears the Lord.(I)

May the Lord bless you from Zion;(J)
    may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem(K)
    all the days of your life.

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