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4One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.
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LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.
Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.
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.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)We may observe here, I. With what a lively faith David triumphs in God, glories in his holy name, and in the interest he had in him. 1. The Lord is my light . David’s subjects called him the light of Israel , 2 Sam. 21:17. And he was indeed a burning and a shining light: but he owns that he shone, as the moon does, with a borrows light; what light God darted upon him reflected upon them: The Lord…
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