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Psalms 122:1

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I WAS glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.
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  1. Psalms 84:10Rank 1 from verse 1
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    10For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

  2. Micah 4:2Rank 2 from verse 1
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    2And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

  3. Isaiah 2:3Rank 3 from verse 1
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    3And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

  4. Psalms 128:1Rank 4 from verse 1
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    1BLESSED is every one that feareth the Lord; that walketh in his ways.

  5. Psalms 84:1–2Rank 5 from verse 1
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    1HOW amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!

    2My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

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Psalms 122:1

COMBINED MEANING

glad

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Pleased; affected with pleasure or moderate joy; moderately happy.

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COMBINED MEANING

let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

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us

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The first-person plural object pronoun, referring to the speaker together with one or more others as recipients or objects of an action or relation.

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house

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Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.

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1I WAS glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.

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2Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.

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