The priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard them, for their prayer reached heaven, his holy dwelling place.

Contributions for Worship

Hezekiah assigned the priests and Levites to divisions—each of them according to their duties as priests or Levites—to offer burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, to minister, to give thanks and to sing praises at the gates of the Lord’s dwelling.

The Fall of Jerusalem

The Lord, the God of their ancestors, sent word to them through his messengers again and again, because he had pity on his people and on his dwelling place.

May God, who has caused his Name to dwell there, overthrow any king or people who lifts a hand to change this decree or to destroy this temple in Jerusalem. I Darius have decreed it. Let it be carried out with diligence.

Moreover, you are to take with you the silver and gold that the king and his advisers have freely given to the God of Israel, whose dwelling is in Jerusalem,

but if you return to me and obey my commands, then even if your exiled people are at the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for my Name.’

if you put away the sin that is in your hand and allow no evil to dwell in your tent,

Surely mockers surround me; my eyes must dwell on their hostility.

Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur is scattered over his dwelling.

Surely such is the dwelling of an evil man; such is the place of one who does not know God.”

If only I knew where to find him; if only I could go to his dwelling!

Far from human dwellings they cut a shaft, in places untouched by human feet; far from other people they dangle and sway.

But where can wisdom be found? Where does understanding dwell?

Where then does wisdom come from? Where does understanding dwell?

God understands the way to it and he alone knows where it dwells,

Can you take them to their places? Do you know the paths to their dwellings?

It dwells on a cliff and stays there at night; a rocky crag is its stronghold.

In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, Lord, make me dwell in safety.

Psalm 15

A psalm of David.

Lord, who may dwell in your sacred tent? Who may live on your holy mountain?

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

Lord, I love the house where you live, the place where your glory dwells.

One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple.

For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide me in the shelter of his sacred tent and set me high upon a rock.

In the shelter of your presence you hide them from all human intrigues; you keep them safe in your dwelling from accusing tongues.

from his dwelling place he watches all who live on earth—