Sell är then man som fructar gud
The Blessed Life of the God-Fearing
The hymn describes the personal and domestic prosperity that follows a life lived in the fear of God.
Blessed is the one who fears God and gladly walks in his commandments. Your own hands will provide your food; then you’ll live well and free from trouble. Your wife will flourish within your home like a branch heavy with grapes, and your children will stand around your table like thriving olive shoots. See how blessed the person is who lives in fear of God; they'll be freed from the misery into which we're all born.✦
Peace for Zion and Israel
The blessing extends from the individual to the community, seeking the prosperity of Jerusalem and peace for all of Israel.
May God bless you from Zion and let you receive this comfort; may you always rejoice to see Jerusalem prosper. You’ll also see your descendants grow into a great multitude; yes, you’ll see peace upon God’s Israel and everything going well.
Read the original Latin
SEll är then man som fructar gud/ och gerna wandrar j hans buudh tijn eghen hand tich födha scal/ så leffuer tu rett och vtan qwal
Tich bliffuer hustrun j huset huld/ såsom en quist aff wijnbär full/ tijn barn omkring titt bord ock så/ som friska olioplantor stå
Sy rett så welsignas then man/ som j gudz fructan liffua kan/ han warder then olycko frij/ ther wij alle födhes vti
Aff Zion signar gud tich så/ then hugnadh låter han tich få/ med glädi scalt tu altijd see/ Hierusalem godh lycko skee
Skal tu ock skodha ther til med/ til itt stort taal forökas tijn sädh/ ia frid offuer gudz Israel scal tu see och at alt går wel
Scripture echoes
- ↩Ps.128.1 — Blessed is everyone who fears the LORD, who walks in his ways.
Early Swedish Hymns companion
Never lose the rhythm again
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