Psalms 26:8

Psalms 26:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
• New International Version (NIV)Lord, I love the house where you live, the place where your glory dwells.
• English Standard Version (ESV)O Lord, I love the habitation of your house and the place where your glory dwells.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Lord, I have loved the habitation of Your house, And the place where Your glory dwells.

Context of Psalms 26:8

6I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O Yhwh: 7That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works. Yhwh, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth. 9Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: 10In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.

Psalms 26:8 word by word

יְֽהוָ֗ה אָ֭הַבְתִּי מְע֣וֹן בֵּיתֶ֑ךָ וּ֝מְק֗וֹם מִשְׁכַּ֥ן כְּבוֹדֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

• Yhwhיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• I have lovedאָהֵב'âhab 'âhêb · to love: loverH157
• the habitationמָעוֹןmâ‛ôn mâ‛îyn · habitationH4583
• of thy houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• and the placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• where thine honourכָּבוֹדkâbôd kâbôd · gloryH3519
• dwellethמִשְׁכָּןmishkân · tabernacleH4908

Cross-references for Psalms 26:8

• Psalms 27:4One thing have I desired of Yhwh, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of Yhwh all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Yhwh, and to enquire in his temple.
• Psalms 42:4When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
• Psalms 84:1How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Yhwh of Armies!
• Psalms 122:1I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of Yhwh.
• 2 Samuel 15:25And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of Yhwh, he will bring me again, and shew me both it, and his habitation:
• 1 Chronicles 29:3Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,
• Isaiah 38:20Yhwh was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of Yhwh.
• Luke 2:46And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.
• Luke 19:45And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought;
• John 2:14And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:
• Psalms 63:2To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
• Exodus 25:21And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.
• Exodus 40:34Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of Yhwh filled the tabernacle.
• 2 Chronicles 5:14So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of Yhwh had filled the house of God.
• 2 Chronicles 6:2But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.

Commentaries on Psalms 26:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house - I have carefully used thine ordinances, that I might obtain more grace to help me to persevere. And I have not been attentive to those duties, merely because they were incumbent on me; but I have loved the place where thine honor dwelleth; and my delight in thy ordinances has made my attendance as pleasant as it was profitable. This verse would be better translated, Jehovah, I have loved the habitation of…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house - I have loved to dwell in Thy house. See the notes at Psalm 23:6. The psalmist often refers to his delight in the house of God - the place of public worship; his love to be there united with the people of God in the solemn services of religion. Compare Psalm 84:1-2, Psalm 84:4, Psalm 84:10; Psalm 27:4. And the place where thine honour dwelleth - Margin, “the tabernacle of thine honor.” This might indeed…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8The sanctuary represented the visible presence of the Lord (see Psalm 18:6).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-84-8. As exemplified by the fruits of divine grace, presented in his life, especially in his avoiding the wicked and his purposes of cleaving to God's worship.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 26:8

• Affections
• Worship

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Commentaries on Psalms 26

• 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