King James Version, with Nii Okai's journal notes · 3 notes
1Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed.
2O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
There is something about poetry that endears the heart ♥.
No wonder these psalms of David are so popular. They are sweet and truly inspired.
They are deeper than meets the eyes.
Oh God, unto you shall all flesh 💪 come.
3Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.
4Blessed 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.
I used to wonder how these things pan out, that by being in the courts of God one is satisfied with the goodness in His house 🏡
But then the story of Obed-edom beautifully sums this up.
The ark of God was in his house 🏡 and by that fact and proximity his house was so blessed in just three months.
There seems to be something about the proximity to the house of God that rubs his presence off on you and blesses you mightily.
5By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:
6Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with power:
7Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.
And Christ did this literally; these words are not mere appellations but words of life and truth.
8They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.
9Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
10Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.
11Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.
12They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side.
13The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.