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Psalms 78:69
69He built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth that he established forever.
Psalms 78:69 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He built his sanctuary like the high heavens, like the earth, which he has founded forever.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And He built His sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which He has established forever.
- New Living Translation (NLT)There he built his sanctuary as high as the heavens, as solid and enduring as the earth.
Context of Psalms 78:69
67Then he rejected the tents of Joseph, he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim; 68but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loved. He built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth that he established forever. 70He chose David his servant and took him from the sheep pens; 71from tending the sheep he brought him to be the shepherd of his people Jacob, of Israel his inheritance.
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וַיִּ֣בֶן כְּמוֹ־רָ֭מִים מִקְדָּשׁ֑וֹ כְּ֝אֶ֗רֶץ יְסָדָ֥הּ לְעוֹלָֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 78:69
- 1 Kings 6:2The temple that King Solomon built for the Lord was sixty cubits long, twenty wide and thirty high.
- 1 Kings 9:8This temple will become a heap of rubble. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff and say, ‘Why has the Lord done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’
- 2 Chronicles 3:4The portico at the front of the temple was twenty cubits long across the width of the building and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.
- 1 Chronicles 29:1Then King David said to the whole assembly: “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is young and inexperienced. The task is great, because this palatial structure is not for man but for the Lord God.
- 2 Chronicles 2:9to provide me with plenty of lumber, because the temple I build must be large and magnificent.
- Psalms 102:25In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
- Psalms 104:5He set the earth on its foundations; it can never be moved.
- Psalms 119:90Your faithfulness continues through all generations; you established the earth, and it endures.
- 1 Samuel 2:8He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; he seats them with princes and has them inherit a throne of honor. “For the foundations of the earth are the Lord’s; on them he has set the world.
- Job 26:7He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the earth over nothing.
- Isaiah 48:13My own hand laid the foundations of the earth, and my right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they all stand up together.
- Isaiah 51:6Lift up your eyes to the heavens, look at the earth beneath; the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment and its inhabitants die like flies. But my salvation will last forever, my righteousness will never fail.
- Colossians 1:16For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him.
- Revelation 20:11Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and there was no place for them.
Commentaries on Psalms 78:69
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 69He built his sanctuary like high palaces - רמים כמו kemo ramim, which several of the Versions understand of the monoceros or rhinoceros. The temple of God at Jerusalem was the only one in the land, and stood as prominent on Mount Zion as the horn of the unicorn or rhinoceros does upon his snout. And there he established his ark, to go no more out as long as the temple should last. Before this time it was frequently in a migratory state, not only in the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 69And he built his sanctuary - His holy place; that is, his tabernacle. The temple was not then built; and, when reared, it was not on Mount Zion, but on Mount Moriah. The name Zion, however, was often given to the whole city. Like high palaces - The word palaces is not in the original. The Hebrew means simply high places, like hills or mountains. The meaning is, that his sanctuary was exalted, as if it were placed on a high hill. It was a conspicuous…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 56-72Verses 56-72 After the Israelites were settled in Canaan, the children were like their fathers. God gave them his testimonies, but they turned back. Presumptuous sins render even Israelites hateful to God's holiness, and exposed to his justice. Those whom the Lord forsakes become an easy prey to the destroyer. And sooner or later, God will disgrace his enemies. He set a good government over his people; a monarch after his own heart. With good reason does…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 68-69In the choice of Mount Zion instead of Shiloh as God’s sanctuary on earth, God moved from the north to the south (see Psalm 69).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6969. Exalted as-- high palaces--or, "mountains," and abiding as--the earth.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 78
- 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
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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