For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your prosperity.
Parallel translations
- WEB For the sake of the house of Yahweh our God, I will seek your good.
- KJV Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.
- NKJV Because of the house of the Lord our God I will seek your good.
- NASB For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek your good.
- NLT For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek what is best for you, O Jerusalem.
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Quick answer
For the sake of God's house, he will seek Jerusalem's good. Zeal for God's dwelling drives his commitment to the city's welfare.
Overview
The psalmist's deepest motive is 'the house of Yahweh our God'; for its sake he pledges to seek the city's good. Concern for God's worship and presence governs his love for the city. This devotion to God's house anticipates Christ's zeal for His Father's house and the believer's love for the church.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Neh 2:10But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about this, they were deeply disturbed that someone had come to seek the well-being of the Israelites.
- Ps 84:10For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
- Ps 26:8O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.
- Neh 13:14Remember me for this, O my God, and do not blot out my deeds of loving devotion for the house of my God and for its services.
- Ps 69:9because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.
- Ps 84:1–2For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of Hosts!
- 1 Chr 29:3Moreover, because of my delight in the house of my God, I now give for it my personal treasures of gold and silver, over and above all that I have provided for this holy temple:
- Esth 10:3For Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews and highly favored by his many kinsmen, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his countrymen.
- John 2:17His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for Your house will consume Me.”
- Ps 102:13–14You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor—the appointed time has come.
- Ps 137:5–6If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.
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