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 my hands in innocence, so I can walk around Your altar, Adonai, 7hearing the voice of thanksgiving while proclaiming all Your wonders. Adonai, I love the House where You live, the place where Your glory dwells. 9Do not take my soul away with sinners, nor my life with people of bloodshed— 10in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hand is full of bribes.

Psalms 26:8 word by word

יְֽהוָ֗ה אָ֭הַבְתִּי מְע֣וֹן בֵּיתֶ֑ךָ וּ֝מְק֗וֹם מִשְׁכַּ֥ן כְּבוֹדֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · 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 asked of Adonai, that will I seek: to dwell in the House of Adonai all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Adonai, and to meditate in His Temple.
• Psalms 42:4My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me all day: “Where is your God?”
• Psalms 84:1For the music director, upon the Gittite lyre, a psalm of the sons of Korah.
• Psalms 122:1A Song of Ascents. Of David. I rejoiced when they said to me, “Let us go to the House of Adonai.”
• 2 Samuel 15:25But the king said to Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in Adonai’s eyes, He will bring me back, and let me see it and His dwelling.
• 1 Chronicles 29:3Moreover, in my devotion to the House of my God, I have given over my private treasure of gold and silver to the House of my God, in addition to all that I have already supplied for the holy House:
• Isaiah 38:20Adonai will save me. So we will play my songs on stringed instruments all the days of our life in the House of Adonai.”
• Luke 2:46After three days they found Him in the Temple, sitting in the center of the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.
• Luke 19:45Then Yeshua entered the Temple and began to drive out the merchants,
• John 2:14In the Temple, He found the merchants selling oxen, sheep, and doves; also the moneychangers sitting there.
• Psalms 63:2O God, You are my God, earnestly I seek You. My soul thirsts for You. My flesh longs for You in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.
• Exodus 25:21You are to put the atonement cover on top of the Ark, and inside the Ark you will put the Testimony that I will give you.
• Exodus 40:34Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of Adonai filled the Tabernacle.
• 2 Chronicles 5:14The kohanim could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of Adonai filled the House of God.
• 2 Chronicles 6:2I have built You a magnificent House and a place for You to dwell forever.”

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

In the dictionaries

• Truth
• Wondrous
• Omnipresence
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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