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19In the courts of the LORD'S house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.

Psalms 116:19

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts.

  • Ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God,

  • Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

  • Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together: …

  • But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 10-19)

The Septuagint and some other ancient versions make these verses a distinct psalm separate from the former; and some have called it the Martyr’s psalm , I suppose for the sake of Ps. 116:15. Three things David here makes confession of:— I. His faith (Ps. 116:10): I believed, therefore have I spoken . This is quoted by the apostle (2 Cor. 4:13) with application to himself and his fellow-ministers,…

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