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14This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
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Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.
In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.
Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.
The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-18)These are precious promises, confirmed by an oath , that the heirs of them might have strong consolation , Heb. 6:17 , 18 . It is all one whether we take them as pleas urged in the prayer or as answers returned to the prayer; believers know how to make use of the promises both ways, with them to speak to God and in them to hear what God the Lord will speak to us. These promises relate to the estab…
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