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9Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.
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When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof.
LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-9)Here, I. David calls upon others to which well to Jerusalem, Ps. 122:6 , 7 . Pray for the peace of Jerusalem , for the welfare of it, for all good to it, particularly for the uniting of the inhabitants among themselves and their preservation from the incursions of enemies. This we may truly desire, that in the peace thereof we may have peace; and this we must earnestly pray for, for it is the gift…
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