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Psalms 26:8
O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist speaks to Yahweh immediately after vowing to declare God's wonderful works and before pleading to be separated from the company of violent sinners.
The words — The Hebrew אָ֭הַבְתִּי ('A.hav.ti) translates literally as "I love," directing the psalmist's devotion toward מְע֣וֹן (me.'on, "habitation") and בֵּיתֶ֑ךָ (bei.Tekha, "your house"), which identify the temple as the fixed location of God's כְּבוֹדֶֽךָ (ke.vodekha, "glory").
The thread — This focus on the divine dwelling appears in Psalms 84:10, where the psalmist ranks one day in God's courts above a thousand elsewhere, and in Psalms 27:4, where the speaker requests to dwell in the house of the LORD all his days.
Why it lands — The text explicitly states a personal preference for God's dwelling place over the surrounding world, requiring a reader to evaluate their own priorities against the value of direct access to divine worship.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
Cross-references
- Psalms 84:10 For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
- Psalms 27:4 One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.
- John 2:14 In the temple courts He found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated at their tables.
- Psalms 84:1 For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of Hosts!
- Psalms 122:9 For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your prosperity.
- Isaiah 38:22 And Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign that I will go up to the house of the LORD?”
- Luke 2:46 Finally, after three days they found Him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.
- Exodus 25:21 Set the mercy seat atop the ark and put the Testimony that I will give you into the ark.
- Exodus 40:34 Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
- 1 Chronicles 29:3 Moreover, because of my delight in the house of my God, I now give for it my personal treasures of gold and silver, over and above all that I have provided for this holy temple: