“Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.”
Happy are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the LORD. The acrostic Torah-psalm opens with a beatitude: happiness ('Happy are') attends those whose 'way' (conduct) is 'blameless' and who 'walk in the law of the LORD.' The law becomes the measure of righteousness and the path to flourishing. This verse establishes the foundation: the law mediates divine blessing.
Church Fathers on Psalms 119:1
1. From its commencement, dearly beloved, does this great Psalm exhort us unto bliss, which there is no one who desires not....And therefore this is the lesson which he teaches, who says, “Blessed are those that are undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord” Psalm 118:1. As much as to say, I know what you wish, you are seeking bliss: if then you would be blessed, be undefiled. For the former all desire, the latter fear: yet without it what all wish cannot be…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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