New English Translation
Psalms 48:9
9We reflect on your loyal love, O God, within 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.
- 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 an east wind you shatter the large ships. 8We heard about God’s mighty deeds, now we have seen them, in the city of the Lord, the invincible Warrior, in the city of our God. God makes it permanently secure. (Selah) We reflect on your loyal love, O God, within your temple. 10The praise you receive as far away as the ends of the earth is worthy of your reputation, O God. You execute justice! 11Mount Zion rejoices; the towns of Judah are happy, because of your acts of judgment.
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דִּמִּ֣ינוּ אֱלֹהִ֣ים חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ בְּ֝קֶ֗רֶב הֵיכָלֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 48:9
- Psalms 26:3For I am ever aware of your faithfulness, and your loyalty continually motivates me.
- Psalms 77:10Then I said, “I am sickened by the thought that the sovereign One might become inactive.
- Psalms 104:34May my thoughts be pleasing to him! I will rejoice in the Lord.
- Psalms 105:5Recall the miraculous deeds he performed, his mighty acts and the judgments he decreed,
- Psalms 40:10I have not failed to tell about your justice; I spoke about your reliability and deliverance; I have not neglected to tell the great assembly about your loyal love and faithfulness.
- Psalms 63:3Because experiencing your loyal love is better than life itself, my lips will praise you.
- Luke 22:19Then he took bread, and after giving 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 63:2Yes, in the sanctuary I have seen you, and witnessed your power and splendor.
- Psalms 77:12I will think about all you have done; I will reflect upon your deeds!”
- 2 Chronicles 20:5Jehoshaphat stood before the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem at the Lord’s temple, in front of the new courtyard.
- Isaiah 26:8Yes, as your judgments unfold, O Lord, we wait for you. We desire your fame and reputation to grow.
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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