English Standard Version
Psalms 48:9
9We have thought on your steadfast love, O God, in the midst of your temple.
Psalms 48:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
- New International Version (NIV)Within your temple, O God, we meditate on your unfailing love.
- New King James Version (NKJV)We have thought, O God, on Your lovingkindness, In the midst of Your temple.
- New Living Translation (NLT)O God, we meditate on your unfailing love as we worship in your Temple.
Context of Psalms 48:9
7By the east wind you shattered the ships of Tarshish. 8As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God, which God will establish forever. Selah We have thought on your steadfast love, O God, in the midst of your temple. 10As your name, O God, so your praise reaches to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is filled with righteousness. 11Let Mount Zion be glad! Let the daughters of Judah rejoice because of your judgments!
Read all of Psalms 48Psalms 48:9 word by word
דִּמִּ֣ינוּ אֱלֹהִ֣ים חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ בְּ֝קֶ֗רֶב הֵיכָלֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 48:9
- Psalms 26:3For your steadfast love is before my eyes, and I walk in your faithfulness.
- Psalms 77:10Then I said, "I will appeal to this, to the years of the right hand of the Most High."
- Psalms 104:34May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the Lord.
- Psalms 105:5Remember the wondrous works that he has done, his miracles, and the judgments he uttered,
- Psalms 40:10I have not hidden your deliverance within my heart; I have spoken of your faithfulness and your salvation; I have not concealed your steadfast love and your faithfulness from the great congregation.
- Psalms 63:3Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you.
- Luke 22:19And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me."
- Psalms 63:2So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory.
- Psalms 77:12I will ponder all your work, and meditate on your mighty deeds.
- 2 Chronicles 20:5And Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord, before the new court,
- Isaiah 26:8In the path of your judgments, O Lord, we wait for you; your name and remembrance are the desire of our soul.
Commentaries on Psalms 48:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9We have thought of thy loving-kindness - We went to thy temple to worship thee; we meditated on thy goodness; we waited for a display of it; and the panic that in the first instance struck us, was transferred to our enemies; and fear took hold upon them, they marvelled, were troubled, and hasted away.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9We have thought of thy loving-kindness, O God - We have reflected on, or meditated on. The word used here literally means “to compare, to liken;” and this idea is perhaps always implied when it is used in the sense of thinking on, or meditating on. Perhaps the meaning here is, that they had “compared” in their own minds what they had heard from their fathers with what they had now seen; they had called all these things up to their remembrance, and had…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-14Verses 8-14 We have here the improvement which the people of God are to make of his glorious and gracious appearances for them. Let our faith in the word of God be hereby confirmed. Let our hope of the stability of the church be encouraged. Let our minds be filled with good thoughts of God. All the streams of mercy that flow down to us, must be traced to the fountain of His loving-kindness. Let us give to God the glory of the great things he has done for…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-11The psalmist happily celebrates the Lord's presence with the community, thinking about God's faithful, righteous, and just rule.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. thought of--literally, "compared," or considered, in respect of former dealings. in the ... temple--in acts of solemn worship (compare 2Ch 20:28).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 48
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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