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The Blessing

By Elevation Worship + Kari Jobe + Cody Carnes

12,168 views Oct 8, 2026 updated Verified editorial review

Song Meaning

“The Blessing,” by Elevation Worship with Kari Jobe and Cody Carnes, sets the priestly blessing from Numbers to a congregational melody. It opens with the ancient words: “The Lord bless you and keep you, make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you, the Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace.” A chorus of amens follows and gives the room a chance to receive what was just said.

The bridges add new lines that stretch the blessing across time and space. The first asks for favor on “a thousand generations, and your family and your children, and their children and their children.” The second describes God's presence as surrounding: “before you and behind you and beside you, all around you and within you.” It ends with a refrain through the day and through feeling, “in the morning, in the evening, in your coming and your going, in your weeping and rejoicing, He is for you.” The song was written during 2020 and was spread widely by being sung over cities and homes.

The first section is Numbers 6:24-26. A thousand generations draws on Deuteronomy 7:9, and presence behind and before the believer is Psalm 139:5.

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The Lord bless you and keep you
Make His face shine upon you
And be gracious to you
The Lord turn His face toward you
And give you peace

The Lord bless you and keep you
Make His face shine upon you
And be gracious to you
The Lord turn His face toward you
And give you peace

Chorus
A - men
Amen, Amen
A - men
Amen, Amen

The Lord bless you and keep you
Make His face shine upon you
And be gracious to you
The Lord turn His face toward you
And give you peace

The Lord bless you and keep you
Make His face shine upon you
And be gracious to you
The Lord turn His face toward you
And give you peace



Bridge 1
May His favor be upon you
And a thousand generations
And your family and your children
And their children and their children
May His favor be upon you
And a thousand generations
And your family and your children
And their children and their children

Bridge 2
May His presence go before you
And behind you and beside you
All around you and within you
He is with you he is with you
In the morning in the evening
In your coming and your going
In your weeping and rejoicing
He is for you He is for you

Tag
He is for you He is for you
He is for you He is for you
He is for you He is for you
He is for you He is for you

A - men
Amen, Amen
A - men
Amen, Amen

Bridge 3
May His favor be upon you
And a thousand generations
And your family and your children
And their children and their children
May His presence go before you
And behind you and beside you
All around you and within you
He is with you he is with you
In the morning in the evening
In your coming and your going

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