³ “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.”

¹⁶ “‘Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you, ^(A)that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

^40 (A)Therefore you shall keep his statutes and his commandments, which I command you today, ^(B)that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land that the Lord your God is giving you for all time.”

²⁸ Be careful to obey all these words that I command you, ^(A)that it may go well with you and with your children after you forever, when you do what is good and right in the sight of the Lord your God.

²⁵ You shall not eat it, ^(A)that all may go well with you and with your children after you, ^(B)when you do what is right in the sight of the Lord.

³ Hear therefore, O Israel, and be careful to do them, that it may go well with you, and that you may multiply greatly, ^(A)as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.

⁷ You shall let the mother go, but the young you may take for yourself, ^(A)that it may go well with you, and that you may live long.

⁶ Whether it is good or bad, we will obey the voice of the Lord our God to whom we are sending you, ^(A)that it may be well with us when we obey the voice of the Lord our God.”

Blessed Is Everyone Who Fears the Lord

A Song of ^(A)Ascents.