The Lord Has Chosen Zion
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LORD, remember David
And all his afflictions;
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How he swore to the LORD,
a And vowed to b the Mighty One of Jacob:
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"Surely I will not go into the chamber of my house,
Or go up to the comfort of my bed;
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I will c not give sleep to my eyes
Or slumber to my eyelids,
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Until I d find a place for the LORD,
A dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob."
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Behold, we heard of it e in Ephrathah;
f We found it g in the fields of the woods.
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Let us go into His tabernacle;
h Let us worship at His footstool.
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i Arise, O LORD, to Your resting place,
You and j the ark of Your strength.
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Let Your priests k be clothed with righteousness,
And let Your saints shout for joy.
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For Your servant David's sake,
Do not turn away the face of Your Anointed.
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l The LORD has sworn in truth to David;
He will not turn from it:
"I will set upon your throne m the fruit of your body.
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If your sons will keep My covenant
And My testimony which I shall teach them,
Their sons also shall sit upon your throne forevermore."
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n For the LORD has chosen Zion;
He has desired it for His dwelling place:
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"This o is My resting place forever;
Here I will dwell, for I have desired it.
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p I will abundantly bless her provision;
I will satisfy her poor with bread.
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q I will also clothe her priests with salvation,
r And her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
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s There I will make the horn of David grow;
t I will prepare a lamp for My Anointed.
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His enemies I will u clothe with shame,
But upon Himself His crown shall flourish."
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Psalms 130:7
O Israel, hope in the LORD; For with the LORD there is mercy, And with Him is abundant redemption.
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Psalms 65:1
Praise is awaiting You, O God, in Zion; And to You the vow shall be performed.
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Genesis 49:24
But his bow remained in strength, And the arms of his hands were made strong By the hands of the Mighty God of Jacob (From there is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel).
Isaiah 49:26
I will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh, And they shall be drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine. All flesh shall know That I, the LORD, am your Savior, And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
Isaiah 60:16
You shall drink the milk of the Gentiles, And milk the breast of kings; You shall know that I, the LORD, am your Savior And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
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Proverbs 6:4
Give no sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids.
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1 Kings 8:17
Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a temple for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
1 Chronicles 22:7
And David said to Solomon: "My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build a house to the name of the LORD my God.
Psalms 26:8
LORD, I have loved the habitation of Your house, And the place where Your glory dwells.
Acts 7:46
Who found favor before God and asked to find a dwelling for the God of Jacob.
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1 Samuel 17:12
Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse, and who had eight sons. And the man was old, advanced in years, in the days of Saul.
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1 Samuel 7:1
Then the men of Kirjath Jearim came and took the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab on the hill, and consecrated Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD.
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1 Chronicles 13:5
So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor in Egypt to as far as the entrance of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjath Jearim.
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Psalms 5:7
But as for me, I will come into Your house in the multitude of Your mercy; In fear of You I will worship toward Your holy temple.
Psalms 99:5
Exalt the LORD our God, And worship at His footstool - He is holy.
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Numbers 10:35
So it was, whenever the ark set out, that Moses said: "Rise up, O LORD! Let Your enemies be scattered, And let those who hate You flee before You.
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Psalms 78:61
And delivered His strength into captivity, And His glory into the enemy's hand.
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Job 29:14
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; My justice was like a robe and a turban.
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Psalms 89:3
I have made a covenant with My chosen, I have sworn to My servant David:
Psalms 89:4
Your seed I will establish forever, And build up your throne to all generations.' " Selah
Psalms 89:33
Nevertheless My lovingkindness I will not utterly take from him, Nor allow My faithfulness to fail.
Psalms 110:4
The LORD has sworn And will not relent, "You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek.
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2 Samuel 7:12
When your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.
1 Kings 8:25
"Therefore, LORD God of Israel, now keep what You promised Your servant David my father, saying, 'You shall not fail to have a man sit before Me on the throne of Israel, only if your sons take heed to their way, that they walk before Me as you have walked before Me.'
2 Chronicles 6:16
"Therefore, LORD God of Israel, now keep what You promised Your servant David my father, saying, 'You shall not fail to have a man sit before Me on the throne of Israel, only if your sons take heed to their way, that they walk in My law as you have walked before Me.'
Luke 1:69
And has raised up a horn of salvation for us In the house of His servant David.
Acts 2:30
Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, He would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne.
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Psalms 48:1
Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised In the city of our God, In His holy mountain.
Psalms 48:2
Beautiful in elevation, The joy of the whole earth, Is Mount Zion on the sides of the north, The city of the great King.
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Psalms 68:16
Why do you fume with envy, you mountains of many peaks? This is the mountain which God desires to dwell in; Yes, the LORD will dwell in it forever.
Matthew 23:21
He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by Him who dwells in it.
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Psalms 147:14
He makes peace in your borders, And fills you with the finest wheat.
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2 Chronicles 6:41
Now therefore, Arise, O LORD God, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your strength. Let Your priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, And let Your saints rejoice in goodness.
Psalms 132:9
Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness, And let Your saints shout for joy.
Psalms 149:4
For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the humble with salvation.
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1 Samuel 4:5
And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel shouted so loudly that the earth shook.
Hosea 11:12
Ephraim has encircled Me with lies, And the house of Israel with deceit; But Judah still walks with God, Even with the Holy One who is faithful.
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Ezekiel 29:21
'In that day I will cause the horn of the house of Israel to spring forth, and I will open your mouth to speak in their midst. Then they shall know that I am the LORD.'"
Luke 1:69
And has raised up a horn of salvation for us In the house of His servant David.
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1 Kings 11:36
And to his son I will give one tribe, that My servant David may always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for Myself, to put My name there.
1 Kings 15:4
Nevertheless for David's sake the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, by setting up his son after him and by establishing Jerusalem.
2 Kings 8:19
Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah, for the sake of His servant David, as He promised him to give a lamp to him and his sons forever.
2 Chronicles 21:7
Yet the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that He had made with David, and since He had promised to give a lamp to him and to his sons forever.
Psalms 18:28
For You will light my lamp; The LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
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