Psalms 122:1
I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.”
BSB
ASV
I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go unto the house of Jehovah.
KJV
I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.
I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord. Good children are pleased to go home, and glad to hear their brothers and sisters call them thither. David's heart was in the worship of God, and he was delighted when he found others inviting him to go where his desires had already gone: it helps the ardour of the most ardent to hear others inviting them to a holy duty. The word was not "go, "but "let us go"; hence the ear of the Psalmist found a double joy in it.
Note, (1.) It is the will of God that we should worship him in concert, that many should join together to wait upon him in public ordinances. We ought to worship God in our own houses, but that is not enough; we must go into the house of the Lord, to pay our homage to him there, and not forsake the assembling of ourselves together.
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Psalms 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.
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One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the…
O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.
So I have seen You in the sanctuary and beheld Your power and glory.
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Psalms 128:1Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in His ways!
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Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.
Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD.
As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.
Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced a time of peace. It grew in strength and numbers, living in the fear of the Lord and the encouragement of the Holy Spirit.