Psalms 122:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Because of the house of the Lord our God, I will be working for your good.

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Referenced Verses

  • Neh 2:10 : 10 And Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, hearing of it, were greatly troubled because a man had come to the help of the children of Israel.
  • Neh 13:14 : 14 Keep me in mind, O my God, in connection with this, and do not let the good which I have done for the house of my God and its worship go from your memory completely.
  • Esth 10:3 : 3 For Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews and respected by the body of his countrymen; working for the good of his people, and saying words of peace to all his seed.
  • Ps 26:8 : 8 Lord, your house has been dear to me, and the resting-place of your glory.
  • Ps 69:9 : 9 I am on fire with passion for your house; and the hard things which are said about you have come on me.
  • Ps 84:1-2 : 1 <To the chief music-maker; put to the Gittith A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah.> How dear are your tents, O Lord of armies! 2 The passion of my soul's desire is for the house of the Lord; my heart and my flesh are crying out for the living God.
  • Ps 84:10 : 10 For a day in your house is better than a thousand. It is better to be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to be living in the tents of sin.
  • Ps 102:13-14 : 13 You will again get up and have mercy on Zion: for the time has come for her to be comforted. 14 For your servants take pleasure in her stones, looking with love on her dust.
  • 1 Chr 29:3 : 3 And because this house of God is dear to me, I give my private store of gold and silver to the house of my God, in addition to all I have got ready for the holy house;
  • John 2:17 : 17 And it came to the minds of the disciples that the Writings say, I am on fire with passion for your house.
  • Ps 137:5-6 : 5 If I keep not your memory, O Jerusalem, let not my right hand keep the memory of its art. 6 If I let you go out of my thoughts, and if I do not put Jerusalem before my greatest joy, let my tongue be fixed to the roof of my mouth.

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  • Ps 122:1-2
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    1<A Song of the going up. Of David.> I was glad because they said to me, We will go into the house of the Lord.

    2At last our feet were inside your doors, O Jerusalem.

  • Ps 26:8
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    8Lord, your house has been dear to me, and the resting-place of your glory.

  • Ps 23:6
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    6Truly, blessing and mercy will be with me all the days of my life; and I will have a place in the house of the Lord all my days.

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    1<A Song of the going up.> To you my eyes are lifted up, even to you whose seat is in the heavens.

  • Ps 116:18-19
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    18I will make the offerings of my oath, even before all his people;

    19In the Lord's house, even in Jerusalem. Praise be to the Lord.

  • Ps 27:4
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    4One prayer have I made to the Lord, and this is my heart's desire; that I may have a place in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, looking on his glory, and getting wisdom in his Temple.

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    8When you said, Make search for my face, my heart said to you, For your face will I make my search.

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    176I have gone out of the way like a wandering sheep; make search for your servant; for I keep your teachings ever in mind.

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    2I will give worship before your holy Temple, praising your name for your mercy and for your unchanging faith: for you have made your word greater than all your name.

  • Ps 135:2-3
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    2You who are in the house of the Lord, and in the open spaces of the house of our God,

    3Give praise to Jah, for he is good: make melody to his name, for it is pleasing.

  • Ps 132:5
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    5Till I have got a place for the Lord, a resting-place for the great God of Jacob.

  • Ps 121:8
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    8The Lord will keep watch over your going out and your coming in, from this time and for ever.

  • Ps 119:123
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    123My eyes are wasted with desire for your salvation, and for the word of your righteousness.

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    22Let your mercy be on us, O Lord, as we are waiting for you.

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    12What may I give to the Lord for all the good things which he has done for me?

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    9Our thoughts were of your mercy, O God, while we were in your Temple.

  • Ps 5:7
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    7But as for me, I will come into your house, in the full measure of your mercy; and in your fear I will give worship, turning my eyes to your holy Temple.

  • Ps 119:10
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    10I have made search for you with all my heart: O let me not go wandering far from your teaching.

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    8Our help is in the name of the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.

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    9I will give you praise without end for what you have done; I will give honour to your name before your saints, for it is good.

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    25Send salvation now, O Lord; Lord, send us your blessing.

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    1Give praise to the Lord; for it is good to make melody to our God; praise is pleasing and beautiful.

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    21Praise be to the Lord out of Zion, even to the Lord whose house is in Jerusalem, Let the Lord be praised.

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    54Your rules have been melodies to me, while I have been living in strange lands.

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    9O God, let your eyes be on him who is our safe cover, and let your heart be turned to your king.

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    45So that my way may be in a wide place: because my search has been for your orders.

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    6May the Lord be praised, because he has given ear to the voice of my prayer.

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    13For the Lord's heart is on Zion, desiring it for his resting-place.

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