Psalms 115:15
May you be blessed by the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
BSB
ASV
Blessed are ye of Jehovah, Who made heaven and earth.
KJV
Ye are blessed of the Lord which made heaven and earth.
You are blessed of the Lord,.... The Arabic version reads it, "we are blessed"; with temporal and with spiritual blessings; being the beloved of the Lord, chosen of him; whose sins are pardoned, whose persons are justified by the righteousness of Christ; who are put among the children of God, and are heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ; regenerated by his Spirit, favoured with communion with God, and wrought up to some degree of conformity to Christ, and shall ever be with him.
Ye are blessed of the Lord which made heaven and earth. This is another form of the blessing of Melchizedek: "Blessed be Abram of the Most High God, possessor of heaven and earth"; and upon us through our great Melchizedek this same benediction rests. It is an omnipotent blessing, conveying to us all that an Almighty God can do, whether in heaven or on earth. This fulness is infinite, and the consolation which it brings is unfailing: he that made heaven and earth can give us all things while we dwell below, and bring us safely to his palace above.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Genesis 1:1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
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In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.
For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens—He is God; He formed the earth and fashioned it; He established it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be…
“Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and came to be.”
And: “In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
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Psalms 121:2My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
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For I am the LORD your God, who takes hold of your right hand and tells you: Do not fear, I will help you.
Our help is in the name of the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.
So we say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”