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A psalm written for those going up to the temple to worship
1 ◄Happy are/Yahweh is pleased with► those of you who have an awesome respect for him
and do what he wants you to do [IDI].
2 You will be able to earn the money that you [MTY] need to buy food;
you will be happy and you will be prosperous.
3 Your wife will be like a grapevine that bears many grapes [SIM];
she will give birth to many children/sons.
Your children who sit around your table
will be like a strong olive tree that has many shoots growing up around it [SIM].
4 Every man who has an awesome respect for Yahweh
will be blessed like that.
5 I wish/hope that Yahweh will bless all of you from where he dwells ◄on Zion Hill/in Jerusalem►
and that you will see the people of Jerusalem prospering every day that you live!
6 I wish/hope that you will live many years
with the result that you will have grandchildren and be able to see them.
I wish/desire/hope that things will go well for people in Israel!