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Prosperity of the One Who Fears the LORD.

Praise the LORD! (Hallelujah!)

Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who fears the LORD [with awe-inspired reverence and worships Him with obedience],

Who delights greatly in His commandments.

His descendants will be mighty on earth;

The generation of the upright will be blessed.

Wealth and riches are in his house,

And his righteousness endures forever.

Light arises in the darkness for the upright;

He is gracious and compassionate and righteous (upright--in right standing with God).

It is well with the man who is gracious and lends;

He conducts his affairs with justice.

He will never be shaken;

The righteous will be remembered forever.

He will not fear bad news;

His heart is steadfast, trusting [confidently relying on and believing] in the LORD.

His heart is upheld, he will not fear

While he looks [with satisfaction] on his adversaries.

He has given freely to the poor;

His righteousness endures forever;

His horn will be exalted in honor.

The wicked will see it and be angered,

He will gnash his teeth and melt away [in despair and death];

The desire of the wicked will perish and come to nothing.

I will rejoice greatly in the LORD,

My soul will exult in my God;

For He has clothed me with garments of salvation,

He has covered me with a robe of righteousness,

As a bridegroom puts on a turban,

And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

For as the earth brings forth its sprouts,

And as a garden causes what is sown in it to spring up,

So the Lord GOD will [most certainly] cause righteousness and justice and praise

To spring up before all the nations [through the power of His word]. Your adornment must not be merely external--with interweaving and elaborate knotting of the hair, and wearing gold jewelry, or [being superficially preoccupied with] dressing in expensive clothes; but let it be [the inner beauty of] the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality and unfading charm of a gentle and peaceful spirit, [one that is calm and self-controlled, not overanxious, but serene and spiritually mature] which is very precious in the sight of God. A Godly woman chooses to seek wisdom more than fine gold and precious gems. She knows that her greatest accessory to wear daily is God's divine wisdom.

Now may the God of peace [the source of serenity and spiritual well-being] who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood that sealed and ratified the eternal covenant, equip you with every good thing to carry out His will and strengthen you [making you complete and perfect as you ought to be], accomplishing in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.