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Psalms 48:9
9O God, we meditate on your unfailing love as we worship in 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
7You destroyed them like the mighty ships of Tarshish shattered by a powerful east wind. 8We had heard of the city’s glory, but now we have seen it ourselves— the city of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. It is the city of our God; he will make it safe forever. Interlude O God, we meditate on your unfailing love as we worship in your Temple. 10As your name deserves, O God, you will be praised to the ends of the earth. Your strong right hand is filled with victory. 11Let the people on Mount Zion rejoice. Let all the towns of Judah be glad because of your justice.
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 I am always aware of your unfailing love, and I have lived according to your truth.
- Psalms 77:10And I said, “This is my fate; the Most High has turned his hand against me.”
- Psalms 104:34May all my thoughts be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the Lord.
- Psalms 105:5Remember the wonders he has performed, his miracles, and the rulings he has given,
- Psalms 40:10I have not kept the good news of your justice hidden in my heart; I have talked about your faithfulness and saving power. I have told everyone in the great assembly of your unfailing love and faithfulness.
- Psalms 63:3Your unfailing love is better than life itself; how I praise you!
- Luke 22:19He took some bread and gave thanks to God for it. Then he broke it in pieces and gave it to the disciples, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”
- Psalms 63:2I have seen you in your sanctuary and gazed upon your power and glory.
- Psalms 77:12They are constantly in my thoughts. I cannot stop thinking about your mighty works.
- 2 Chronicles 20:5Jehoshaphat stood before the community of Judah and Jerusalem in front of the new courtyard at the Temple of the Lord.
- Isaiah 26:8Lord, we show our trust in you by obeying your laws; our heart’s desire is to glorify 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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