God’s Word Translation
Psalms 48:9
9Inside your temple we carefully reflect on your mercy, O God.
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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)We have thought on your steadfast love, O God, in the midst of your temple.
- New King James Version (NKJV)We have thought, O God, on Your lovingkindness, In the midst of Your temple.
Context of Psalms 48:9
7With the east wind you smash the ships of Tarshish. 8The things we had only heard about, we have now seen in the city of the Lord of Armies, in the city of our God. God makes Zion stand firm forever. Selah Inside your temple we carefully reflect on your mercy, O God. 10Like your name, O God, your praise ⌞reaches⌟ to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is filled with righteousness. 11Let Mount Zion be glad and the cities 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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 48:9
- Psalms 26:3I see your mercy in front of me. I walk in the light of your truth.
- Psalms 77:10Then I said, “It makes me feel sick that the power of the Most High is no longer the same.”
- Psalms 104:34May my thoughts be pleasing to him. I will find joy in the Lord.
- Psalms 105:5Remember the miracles he performed, the amazing things he did, and the judgments he pronounced,
- Psalms 40:10I have not buried your righteousness deep in my heart. I have been outspoken about your faithfulness and your salvation. I have not hidden your mercy and your truth from those assembled for worship.
- Psalms 63:3My lips will praise you because your mercy is better than life ⌞itself⌟.
- Luke 22:19Then Jesus took bread and spoke a prayer of thanksgiving. He broke the bread, gave it to them, and said, “This is my body, which is given up for you. Do this to remember me.”
- Psalms 63:2So I look for you in the holy place to see your power and your glory.
- Psalms 77:12I will reflect on all your actions and think about what you have done.
- 2 Chronicles 20:5In the new courtyard at the Lord’s temple, Jehoshaphat stood in front of the people.
- Isaiah 26:8Certainly, we wait with hope for you, O Lord, ⌞as we follow⌟ the path of your guiding principles. We want to remember you and your name.
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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