Blessed are those you choose(A)
    and bring near(B) to live in your courts!
We are filled with the good things of your house,(C)
    of your holy temple.

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Blessed are those who dwell in your house;
    they are ever praising you.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 84:4 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 8.

For he chose us(A) in him before the creation of the world(B) to be holy and blameless(C) in his sight. In love(D)

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Surely your goodness and love(A) will follow me
    all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
    forever.

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Remember me,(A) Lord, when you show favor(B) to your people,
    come to my aid(C) when you save them,
that I may enjoy the prosperity(D) of your chosen ones,(E)
    that I may share in the joy(F) of your nation
    and join your inheritance(G) in giving praise.

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They feast on the abundance of your house;(A)
    you give them drink from your river(B) of delights.(C)

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12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,(A)
    the people he chose(B) for his inheritance.(C)

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Know that the Lord has set apart his faithful servant(A) for himself;
    the Lord hears(B) when I call to him.

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12 The one who is victorious(A) I will make a pillar(B) in the temple of my God. Never again will they leave it. I will write on them the name of my God(C) and the name of the city of my God,(D) the new Jerusalem,(E) which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on them my new name.

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25 I will refresh the weary(A) and satisfy the faint.”(B)

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I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods;(A)
    with singing lips my mouth will praise you.

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And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them.(A) They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.(B) ‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes.(C) There will be no more death’[a](D) or mourning or crying or pain,(E) for the old order of things has passed away.”(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 21:4 Isaiah 25:8

70 He chose David(A) his servant
    and took him from the sheep pens;
71 from tending the sheep(B) he brought him
    to be the shepherd(C) of his people Jacob,
    of Israel his inheritance.

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Lift up your heads, you gates;(A)
    be lifted up, you ancient doors,
    that the King(B) of glory(C) may come in.(D)

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15 As for me, I will be vindicated and will see your face;
    when I awake,(A) I will be satisfied with seeing your likeness.(B)

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Psalm 15

A psalm of David.

Lord, who may dwell(A) in your sacred tent?(B)
    Who may live on your holy mountain?(C)

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12 They will come and shout for joy(A) on the heights(B) of Zion;
    they will rejoice in the bounty(C) of the Lord
the grain, the new wine and the olive oil,(D)
    the young of the flocks(E) and herds.
They will be like a well-watered garden,(F)
    and they will sorrow(G) no more.
13 Then young women will dance and be glad,
    young men and old as well.
I will turn their mourning(H) into gladness;
    I will give them comfort(I) and joy(J) instead of sorrow.
14 I will satisfy(K) the priests(L) with abundance,
    and my people will be filled with my bounty,(M)
declares the Lord.

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16 ‘Never again will they hunger;
    never again will they thirst.(A)
The sun will not beat down on them,’[a]
    nor any scorching heat.(B)
17 For the Lamb at the center of the throne
    will be their shepherd;(C)
‘he will lead them to springs of living water.’[b](D)
    ‘And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’[c](E)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 7:16 Isaiah 49:10
  2. Revelation 7:17 Isaiah 49:10
  3. Revelation 7:17 Isaiah 25:8

Stand Firm

13 But we ought always to thank God for you,(A) brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you as firstfruits[a](B) to be saved(C) through the sanctifying work of the Spirit(D) and through belief in the truth.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Thessalonians 2:13 Some manuscripts because from the beginning God chose you

For the Lord has chosen Jacob(A) to be his own,
    Israel to be his treasured possession.(B)

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