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

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

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

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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 May our sons in their youth
    be like plants full grown,
our daughters like corner pillars,
    cut for the building of a palace.(A)
13 May our barns be filled
    with produce of every kind;
may our sheep increase by thousands,
    by tens of thousands in our fields,
14     and may our cattle be heavy with young.
May there be no breach in the walls,[a] no exile,
    and no cry of distress in our streets.

15 Happy are the people to whom such blessings fall;
    happy are the people whose God is the Lord.(B)

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  1. 144.14 Heb lacks in the walls

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 Is there any seed left in the barn? Do the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree still yield nothing? From this day on I will 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 They shall build houses and inhabit them;
    they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.(A)
22 They shall not build and another inhabit;
    they shall not plant and another eat,
for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be,
    and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.(B)
23 They shall not labor in vain
    or bear children for calamity,[a]
for they shall be offspring blessed by the Lord
    and their descendants as well.(C)

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  1. 65.23 Or sudden terror

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 And there he lets the hungry live,
    and they establish a town to live in;
37 they sow fields and plant vineyards
    and get a fruitful yield.(A)

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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 Isaac sowed seed in that land and in the same year reaped a hundredfold. The Lord blessed him,(A)

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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 Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in my house, and thus put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts; see if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you an overflowing blessing.(A) 11 I will rebuke the locust[a] for you, so that it will not destroy the produce of your soil, and your vine in the field shall not be barren, says the Lord of hosts.

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  1. 3.11 Heb devourer

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: I will return to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; Jerusalem shall be called the faithful city, and the mountain of the Lord of hosts shall be called the holy mountain.(A) Thus says the Lord of hosts: Old men and old women shall again sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each with staff in hand because of their great age.(B) And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.(C)

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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 The time is surely coming, says the Lord,
    when the one who plows shall catch up with the one who reaps
    and the treader of grapes with the one who sows the seed;
the mountains shall drip sweet wine,
    and all the hills shall flow with it.(A)
14 I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel,
    and they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them;
they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine,
    and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit.(B)

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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

Psalm 128

The Happy Home of the Faithful

A Song of Ascents.

Happy is everyone who fears the Lord,
    who walks in his ways.(A)
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands;
    you shall be happy, and it shall go well with you.(B)

Your wife will be like a fruitful vine
    within your house;
your children will be like olive shoots
    around your table.(C)
Thus shall the man be blessed
    who fears the Lord.

The Lord bless you from Zion.
    May you see the prosperity of Jerusalem
    all the days of your life.(D)

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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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