But (A)who is able to build a house for Him, for the heavens and the highest heavens cannot contain Him? So who am I, that I should build a house for Him, except to [a]burn incense before Him?

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 2:6 Lit offer up in smoke

(A)Where can I go from Your Spirit?
Or where can I flee from Your presence?
(B)If I ascend to heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in [a]Sheol, behold, (C)You are there.
If I take the wings of the dawn,
If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,
10 Even there Your hand will (D)lead me,
And Your right hand will lay hold of me.
11 If I say, “Surely the (E)darkness will [b]overwhelm me,
And the light around me will be night,”
12 Even the (F)darkness is not dark [c]to You,
And the night is as bright as the day.
(G)Darkness and light are alike to You.

13 For You (H)formed my [d]inward parts;
You (I)wove me in my mother’s womb.
14 I will give thanks to You, for [e]I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
(J)Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well.
15 My [f](K)frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the (L)depths of the earth;
16 Your (M)eyes have seen my unformed substance;
And in (N)Your book were all written
The (O)days that were ordained for me,
When as yet there was not one of them.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 139:8 I.e. the nether world
  2. Psalm 139:11 Lit bruise; some commentators read cover
  3. Psalm 139:12 Lit from
  4. Psalm 139:13 Lit kidneys
  5. Psalm 139:14 Some ancient versions read You are fearfully wonderful
  6. Psalm 139:15 Lit bones were

Heaven Is God’s Throne

66 Thus says the Lord,

(A)Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool.
Where then is a (B)house you could build for Me?
And where is a place that [a]I may rest?

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 66:1 Lit is My resting place?

24 “Can a man (A)hide himself in hiding places
So I do not see him?” declares the Lord.
(B)Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the Lord.

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49 (A)Heaven is My throne,
And earth is the footstool of My feet;
What kind of house will you build for Me?’ says the Lord,
Or what place is there for My repose?

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