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Today's Bible Translation
Bible translation used in today's episode: Ch. 128-130 ESV
Podcast Introduction
It’s Psalms Wednesday. We’ll read chapters 128-130. I’m calling this episode “Beyond Happiness.”
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Summary
Psalm 128 says those who fear the Lord and walk in His ways are blessed. "Blessed" means more than just fleeting happiness; it's a constant state of favor and contentment. Walking with God brings deep joy and peace, unaffected by life's challenges. May you also experience this profound blessing in your life.
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Transcript corrected by Sister Denise
Steve Webb 0:00Life is not just about those moments, is it?
Steve Webb 0:03It's the Lifespring! One Year Bible coming to you from Riverside, California, and podcasting since 2004, my name is Steve Webb, and I'm your OG Godcaster. It's Psalms Wednesday, and we'll read chapters 128 through 130. This is the last day of our vacation. So Lord willing, I'll be back with you tomorrow with a fresh episode. I'm looking forward to seeing you again. I'll share some highlights from our trip. Before we read, let's pray. Our heavenly Father, we thank you for this time together. We thank you for your Word, and we pray that as we read today, you would touch our hearts. I pray this in Jesus' name. Amen. All right, are you ready? Let's begin.
Steve Webb 0:42Psalm 128 is one of the fifteen Songs of Ascent which were sung by those who were making the journey to Jerusalem during one of the three feasts: Passover, Pentecost, and Tabernacles.
Steve Webb 0:55Psalms, chapter 128. Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways! You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you. Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table. Behold, 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! May you see your children’s children! Peace be upon Israel!
Steve Webb 1:32Psalm 129 is another Song of Ascent and commentator Derek Kidner wrote of this one, “Whereas most nations tend to look back on what they've achieved, Israel reflects here on what she has survived. It could be a disheartening exercise, for Zion still has its ill-wishers. But the singers take courage from the past, facing God with gratitude and their enemies with defiance.”
Steve Webb 1:58Psalms, chapter 129. “Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth”— let Israel now say— “Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth, yet they have not prevailed against me. The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.” The Lord is righteous; he has cut the cords of the wicked. May all who hate Zion be put to shame and turned backward! Let them be like the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up, with which the reaper does not fill his hand nor the binder of sheaves his arms, nor do those who pass by say, “The blessing of the Lord be upon you! We bless you in the name of the Lord!”
Steve Webb 2:41Psalm 130 is also another Song of Ascent. And this one begins with a remembrance of God's rescue from the darkness of guilt, and then it rises a step at a time to a place of encouraging a t...
