Psalms 78:69
And built, like the heights, his sanctuary, Like the earth, he founded it to times age-abiding.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.
In Context
68But made choice of the tribe of Judah, The mountain of Zion, which he loved;
70And made choice of David his servant, And took him from among the folds of the sheep:
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:8Raiseth, from the dust, the poor, From the dunghill, uplifteth the needy, To give them a dwelling with nobles, And, a throne of glory, to make them inherit. For, to Yahweh, belong the pillars of the earth, And he setteth thereon the habitable world.
1 Kings 9:8and, this house which had been renowned, shall be desolate, every one that passeth by it, shall be astonished and shall whistle,—and men shall say—For what cause, hath Yahweh done, thus, unto this land, and unto this house?
1 Chronicles 29:19Also, unto Solomon my son, give thou an undivided heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes,—to do the whole, and to build the palace for which I have prepared.
2 Chronicles 3:4And, the porch which was in front of the length, in front of the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and, the height thereof, was a hundred and twenty,—and he overlaid it, within, with pure gold.
Psalms 87:1His foundation, is in the holy mountains:
Psalms 104:5He hath fixed the earth on its foundations, It is not to be shaken, to times age-abiding and beyond.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 78:41-72
Judgments and Mercies; Wonders Wrought for Israel; Renewed Mercies 40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! 41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel. 42 They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy. 43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan: 44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink. 45 He sent divers sorts of flies among… Read the whole commentary →