Blessed is the one You choose and bring near to dwell in Your courts! We are filled with the goodness of Your house, the holiness of Your temple.
Parallel translations
- WEB Blessed is one whom you choose, and cause to come near, that he may live in your courts. We will be filled with the goodness of your house, your holy temple.
- KJV 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.
- NKJV Blessed is the man You choose, And cause to approach You, That he may dwell in Your courts. We shall be satisfied with the goodness of Your house, Of Your holy temple.
- NASB Blessed is the one You choose and allow to approach You; He will dwell in Your courtyards. We will be satisfied with the goodness of Your house, Your holy temple.
- NLT What joy for those you choose to bring near, those who live in your holy courts. What festivities await us inside your holy Temple.
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Quick answer
Blessed is the one God chooses and draws near to dwell in His courts and enjoy His house. It celebrates the blessing of nearness to God by His grace.
Overview
David rejoices that those God chooses and brings near are satisfied with the goodness of His house and temple. Access to God is rooted in His sovereign choosing, not human merit. Through Christ, believers are now brought near and made the very temple where God dwells by His Spirit.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 19
- Eph 1:4For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love
- Ps 23:6Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
- Ps 84:4How blessed are those who dwell in Your house! They are ever praising You. Selah
- Ps 106:4–5Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor to Your people; visit me with Your salvation,
- Ps 36:8They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.
- Ps 33:12Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His inheritance!
- Ps 4:3Know that the LORD has set apart the godly for Himself; the LORD hears when I call to Him.
- Rev 3:12The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from My God), and My new name.
- Jer 31:25for I will refresh the weary soul and replenish all who are weak.”
- Ps 63:5My soul is satisfied as with the richest of foods; with joyful lips my mouth will praise You.
- Ps 15:1A Psalm of David. O LORD, who may abide in Your tent? Who may dwell on Your holy mountain?
- Rev 21:3–4And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God.
- Ps 24:7Lift up your heads, O gates! Be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of Glory may enter!
- Ps 78:70–71He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds;
- Ps 17:15As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.
- Jer 31:12–14They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish.
- Rev 7:16–17‘Never again will they hunger, and never will they thirst; nor will the sun beat down upon them, nor any scorching heat.’
- Ps 135:4For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession.
- 2 Th 2:13But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth.
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