Jerusalem, the city which God designated as his dwelling place (Isaiah 8:18), is indeed a place to which one must ascend. The Mediterranean, which is sea level, lies thirty miles to the west, while the Dead Sea, only about 15 miles to the south, is nearly 1300 feet below sea level....
in the house of my temporary dwelling. 55I have remembered Your name, OLord, in the night, and have kept Your law. 56This is my blessing, because I have kept Your precepts. ח Heth 57You are my portion, OLord; I have said that I would keep Your words. ...
3 Send forth your light and your truth;[n] they will serve as my guide.Let them bring me to your holy mountain, to the place of your dwelling.4 Then I will go to the altar of God, to the God of my joy and delight,and I will praise you[o] with the harp, O God, my God....
they desecrate your dwelling place by knocking it to the ground.[bt]8 They say to themselves,[bu]“We will oppress all of them.”[bv]They burn down all the places in the land where people worship God.[bw]9 We do not see any signs of God’s presence;[bx]there are no longer any...
wherever I make my dwelling.55 Even during the night I remember your name[aa] and observe your teaching, O Lord.56 This is my practice: I obey your commandments. Heth 57 [ab]My portion, I have said, O Lord, is to observe your words.[ac]58 With all my heart[ad] I seek your fa...
Let them bring me to your holy mountain, to the place of your dwelling.4 Then I will go to the altar of God, to the God of my joy and delight,and I will praise you[o] with the harp, O God, my God.5 Why are you so disheartened, O my soul? Why do you sigh within me?
Let them bring me to your holy mountain, to the place of your dwelling.4 Then I will go to the altar of God, to the God of my joy and delight,and I will praise you[o] with the harp, O God, my God.5 Why are you so disheartened, O my soul? Why do you sigh within me?
Psalm 119:54 tn Heb“in the house of my dwelling place.” Some take the Hebrew noun מָגוֹר (magor) in the sense of “temporary abode,” and see this as a reference to the psalmist’s status as a resident foreigner (see v. 19). But the noun can refer to a dwelli...