The Lord said to him, “I have heard your prayer and your plea that you made before me; I have consecrated this house that you have built and put my name there forever; my eyes and my heart will be there for all time.
Psalm 68:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Why do you look with envy, O many-peaked mountain, at the mount that God desired for his abode, where the Lord will reside forever? More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Why leap ye, ye high hills? This is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; Yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Why do you look with grudging and envy, you many-peaked mountains, at the mountain [of the city called Zion] which God has desired for His dwelling place? Yes, the Lord will dwell in it forever. American Standard Version (1901) Why look ye askance, ye high mountains, At the mountain which God hath desired for his abode? Yea, Jehovah will dwell in it for ever. Common English Bible You many-peaked mountain: Why do you look with envy at the mountain God desired for his dwelling, the mountain where the LORD dwells forever? Catholic Public Domain Version Do not allow the tempest of water to submerge me, nor the deep to absorb me. And do not allow the well to close in on me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Let not the tempest of water drown me, nor the deep swallow me up: and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. |
The Lord said to him, “I have heard your prayer and your plea that you made before me; I have consecrated this house that you have built and put my name there forever; my eyes and my heart will be there for all time.
In days to come the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established as the highest of the mountains and shall be raised above the hills; all the nations shall stream to it.
then you shall bring everything that I command you to the place that the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his name: your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and your donations, and all your choice votive gifts that you vow to the Lord.
But you shall seek the place that the Lord your God will choose out of all your tribes as his habitation to put his name there. You shall go there,