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Footnotes ~ References ~ JST
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CHAPTER 84
The righteous cry unto the living God—Better to be a doorkeeper in
the house of the Lord than to dwell in the tents of wickedness—No good
thing withheld from those that walk uprightly.
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To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.
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1 HOW
aamiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
2 My soul longeth, yea, even
afainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh
crieth out for the living God.
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3 Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.
4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.
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5 Blessed is the man whose
astrength is in thee; in whose heart are the
ways of them.
6 Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.
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7 They go from strength to strength, every
one of them in Zion aappeareth before God.
8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
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9 Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.
10 For a day in thy courts is better
than aa thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the
house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
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11 For the LORD God is a
asun and bshield: the LORD will give
cgrace and glory: no good thing will he
dwithhold from them that ewalk
uprightly.
12 O LORD of hosts, blessed is
the man that trusteth in theea.
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12a blessed is the man that
trusteth in thee After all is said and done, like Peter's
subscription: 'Where else have we to turn, where else have we to go; but unto
the Lord.' There is none other, no other way by which men may be saved. Only
in the Lord is their salvation and thus our trust and faith must rest in him
for there is no other under heaven but he whom has been given the charge of
salvation unto the children of God.
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