Psalms 26:8
O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
In Context
7to raise my voice in thanksgiving and declare all Your wonderful works.
9Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,
Cross References
Exodus 25:21Set the mercy seat atop the ark, and put the Testimony that I will give you into the ark.
2 Samuel 15:25Then the king said to Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD, He will bring me back and let me see both it and His dwelling place again.
2 Chronicles 5:14so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.
2 Chronicles 7:2The priests were unable to enter the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled it.
Psalms 42:4These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the procession to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise.
Psalms 84:1How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of Hosts!
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 →