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10For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather{H8804)} be a doorkeeper{H8705)} in the house of my God, than to dwell{H8800)} in the tents of wickedness.
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One 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.
LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth. …
To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-12)Here, I. The psalmist prays for audience and acceptance with God, not mentioning particularly what he desired God would do for him. He needed to say no more when he had professed such an affectionate esteem for the ordinances of God, which now he was restrained and banished from. All his desire was, in that profession, plainly before God, and his longing, his groaning, was not hidden from him; the…
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