Psalms 26:8
My heart has spoken to you; my face has sought you. I yearn for your face, O Lord.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
In Context
7Hear my voice, O Lord, with which I have cried out to you. Have mercy on me, and hear me.
Cross References
Exodus 25:21in which you will place the testimony that I will give to you.
2 Samuel 15:25And the king said to Zadok: “Carry back the ark of God into the city. If I shall find grace in the sight of the Lord, he will lead me back. And he will show it to me in his tabernacle.
2 Chronicles 5:14Neither were the priests able to stand and to minister, because of the cloud. For the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God.
2 Chronicles 7:2Neither were the priests able to enter into the temple of the Lord, because the majesty of the Lord had filled the temple of the Lord.
Psalms 42:4And I will enter, up to the altar of God, to God who enlivens my youthfulness. To you, O God, my God, I will confess upon a stringed instrument.
Psalms 84:1Unto the end. A Psalm to the sons of Korah.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 26:7-12
Delight in Divine Ordinances. 6 I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O Lord : 7 That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works. 8 Lord , I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth. 9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: 10 In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes. 11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me. 12 My… Read the whole commentary →