Glory and honour are in his presence; strength and gladness are in his place.
Honor and majesty are before him: Strength and gladness are in his place.
Honour and majesty are before Him, Strength and joy are in His place.
Majesty and splendour are before him; Strength and gladness in his place.
1 Chronicles — A post-exilic retelling of Israel's story through the Davidic line — genealogies from Adam to Saul, then David's reign reframed around temple preparation. The priestly history that answers the exile's question: what does it mean to return?
Voices1
And again, in another prophecy, the Spirit of prophecy, through the same David, intimated that Christ, after He had been crucified, should reign, and spoke as follows: "Sing to the Lord, all the earth, and day by day declare His salvation. For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, to be feared above all the gods. For all the gods of the nations are idols of devils; but God made the heavens. Glory and praise are before His face, strength and glorying are in the habitation of His holiness. Give Glory to the Lord, the Father everlasting.
Justin Martyr· The First Apology, Chapters XLI-XLII, 165patristic
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
Through
Psalms 16:11You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
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You have made known to me the paths of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence.’
Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—
How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings!
For this reason, they are before the throne of God and serve Him day and night in His temple; and the One seated on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them.
of the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Through
Psalms 96:6Splendor and majesty are before Him; strength and beauty fill His sanctuary.
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So I have seen You in the sanctuary and beheld Your power and glory.
Ascribe to the LORD, O heavenly beings, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty.
The whole web at once: see the Arc.
The verses this one reaches8
Splendor and majesty are before Him; strength and beauty fill His sanctuary.
You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I give thanks to Him with my song.
For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?
So I have seen You in the sanctuary and beheld Your power and glory.
O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens.
One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.
Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
