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(a) David complains that he cannot have access to the Church of God to make profession of his faith, and to profit in religion. My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the {b} courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
(b) For only the priests could enter the sanctuary and the rest of the people into the courts. 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. Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine {c} altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.
(c) So that the poor birds have more freedom than I. Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah. Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.
Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them. Blessed is the man whose {d} strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.
(d) Who trusts nothing in himself but in you only, and learns from you to rule his life. Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools. Who passing through the valley of {c} Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.
(c) So that the poor birds have more freedom than I. They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God. They go from {f} strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
(f) They are never weary but increase in strength and courage till they come to God's house. O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah. O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed. Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine {g} anointed.
(g) That is, for Christ's sake, whose figure I represent. 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. For {h} 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.
(h) He would rather live one day in God's Church than a thousand in the world. For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no {i} good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
(i) But will from time to time increase his blessings toward his more and more. O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee. O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee. The Geneva Bible Translation Notes [1599] Bible Hub |
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