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Psalm 48

Psa. 48:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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We have thought
damah (Hebrew #1819)
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
KJV usage: compare, devise, (be) like(-n), mean, think, use similitudes.
Pronounce: daw-maw'
Origin: a primitive root
of thy lovingkindness
checed (Hebrew #2617)
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety: rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
KJV usage: favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-)kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
Pronounce: kheh'-sed
Origin: from 2616
, O God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
, in the midst
qereb (Hebrew #7130)
properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
KJV usage: X among, X before, bowels, X unto charge, + eat (up), X heart, X him, X in, inward (X -ly, part, -s, thought), midst, + out of, purtenance, X therein, X through, X within self.
Pronounce: keh'-reb
Origin: from 7126
of thy temple
heykal (Hebrew #1964)
a large public building, such as a palace or temple
KJV usage: palace, temple.
Pronounce: hay-kawl'
Origin: probably from 3201 (in the sense of capacity)
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Ministry on This Verse

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thought.
Psa. 26:3• 3For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth. (Psa. 26:3)
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Psa. 77:10‑11• 10And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.
 11I will remember the works of the Lord: surely I will remember thy wonders of old. (Psa. 77:10‑11)
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Psa. 104:34• 34My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the Lord. (Psa. 104:34)
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Psa. 105:5‑6• 5Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
 6O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen. (Psa. 105:5‑6)
loving-kindness.
Psa. 40:10• 10I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation. (Psa. 40:10)
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Psa. 63:3• 3Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee. (Psa. 63:3)
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Song of Sol. 1:4• 4Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee. (Song of Sol. 1:4)
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Luke 22:19‑20• 19And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
 20Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you. (Luke 22:19‑20)
in the.
Psa. 63:2• 2To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. (Psa. 63:2)
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Psa. 77:12‑14• 12I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.
 13Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?
 14Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy strength among the people. (Psa. 77:12‑14)
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2 Chron. 20:5‑13• 5And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord, before the new court,
 6And said, O Lord God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?
 7Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?
 8And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,
 9If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.
 10And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;
 11Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.
 12O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.
 13And all Judah stood before the Lord, with their little ones, their wives, and their children. (2 Chron. 20:5‑13)
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Isa. 26:8• 8Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee. (Isa. 26:8)
• When cast out of the land, they had thought of the loving-kindness of God (Psa. 42:8); now that the city is freed from the enemy the godly can delight in the loving-kindness of God “in the midst of thy temple.” (“Psalms 48” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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We have thought, O God, of thy loving-kindness, in the midst of thy temple.