Psalms 26 · Verse 8

Psalms 26:8

Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
Psalms 26:8, King James Version

Psalms 26:8 in other translations

BSBO LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.
WEBLORD, I love the habitation of your house, the place where your glory dwells.
ASVJehovah, I love the habitation of thy house, And the place where thy glory dwelleth.
YLTJehovah, I have loved the habitation of Thy house, And the place of the tabernacle of Thine honour.
DARBYJehovah, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thy glory dwelleth.
BBELord, your house has been dear to me, and the resting-place of your glory.
WebsterLORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thy honor dwelleth.

What does Psalms 26:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 26:4-8

4-8. 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.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 8 Lord, 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 thy house, and the place of the tabernacle of thy glory. The habitation must mean the holy of holies, where the Divine Presence was manifest; and the place of the tabernacle must refer to the mercy-seat, or the place where the glory of the Lord appeared between the cherubim, upon the lid or cover of the ark of the covenant. From his dwelling there, משכן mishcan, the place and the appearance were called שכינה shechinah; the dwelling of Jehovah, or that glorious appearance which was the symbol of the Divine Presence.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Psalms 26:8 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יְֽהוָ֗הYah.wehO YahwehH3068
אָ֭הַבְתִּי'A.hav.tiI loveH157
מְע֣וֹןme.'on[the] habitation ofH4583
בֵּיתֶ֑ךָbei.Te.khahouse yourH1004
וּ֝מְק֗וֹםu.me.Komand [the] place ofH4725
מִשְׁכַּ֥ןmish.Kan[the] dwelling ofH4908
כְּבוֹדֶֽךָ\׃ke.vo.De.khaglory yourH3519

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 26:8

  • Psalms 84:10

    For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

  • Psalms 27:4-6

    One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple. For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock. And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the Lord.

  • John 2:14-17

    And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables; And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise. And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.

  • Psalms 122:9

    Because of the house of the Lord our God I will seek thy good.

  • Psalms 84:1-2

    To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

  • Luke 2:46

    And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.

  • Isaiah 38:22

    Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord?

  • Exodus 40:34-35

    Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.

  • 2 Chronicles 5:14-6:2

    So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God. Then said Solomon, The Lord hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.

  • Luke 19:45-47

    And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought; Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves. And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,

  • 1 Chronicles 29:3

    Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,

  • Exodus 25:21-22

    And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee. And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Lord.
27:4-6; 42:4; 84:1,2,10; 122:1-4,9; 2Sa 15:25; 1Ch 29:3
Isa 38:20,22; Lu 2:46,49; 19:45-47; Joh 2:14-17
where, etc. Heb. of the tabernacle of thine honour.
63:2,3; Ex 25:21,22; 40:34,35; 2Ch 5:14; 6:1,2

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Context

  • Psalms 26:7

    That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.

  • Psalms 26:8

    Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.

  • Psalms 26:9

    Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men:

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Psalms 26:8 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Jehová, la habitación de tu casa he amado, y el lugar del tabernáculo de tu gloria.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Éternel! j’ai aimé l’habitation de ta maison, et le lieu de la demeure de ta gloire.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Jehova, ich habe geliebt die Wohnung deines Hauses und den Wohnort deiner Herrlichkeit.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Tibi dixit cor meum: Exquisivit te facies mea; faciem tuam, Domine, requiram.