For David said, “The Lord, the God of Israel, has given rest to his people, and he dwells in Jerusalem forever.
For the Lord has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his dwelling place: “This is my resting place forever; here I will dwell, for I have desired it.
“Is not the Lord your God with you? And has he not given you peace on every side? For he has delivered the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land is subdued before the Lord and his people.
from the time that I appointed judges over my people Israel. And I will give you rest from all your enemies. Moreover, the Lord declares to you that the Lord will make you a house.
Thus says the Lord: I have returned to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem, and Jerusalem shall be called the faithful city, and the mountain of the Lord of hosts, the holy mountain.
Blessed be the Lord from Zion, he who dwells in Jerusalem! Praise the Lord!
Now when the king lived in his house and the Lord had given him rest from all his surrounding enemies,
For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily,
What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, “I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Behold, I and the children whom the Lord has given me are signs and portents in Israel from the Lord of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.
You ascended on high, leading a host of captives in your train and receiving gifts among men, even among the rebellious, that the Lord God may dwell there.
Why do you look with hatred, O many-peaked mountain, at the mount that God desired for his abode, yes, where the Lord will dwell forever?
Sing praises to the Lord, who sits enthroned in Zion! Tell among the peoples his deeds!
“But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you; how much less this house that I have built!
I have indeed built you an exalted house, a place for you to dwell in forever.”
I will avenge their blood, blood I have not avenged, for the Lord dwells in Zion.”
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