KJV King James Version
We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
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Psalm 48:9
We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Within Your temple, O God, we contemplate Your loving devotion.
WEB World English Bible
We have thought about your loving kindness, God, in the midst of your temple.
ASV American Standard Version
We have thought on thy lovingkindness, O God, In the midst of thy temple.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
We have thought, O God, of Thy kindness, In the midst of Thy temple,
Surrounding context — Psalm 48
6 Fear took hold upon them there, [and] pain, as of a woman in travail.
7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
8 As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
9 We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
10 According to thy name, O God, so [is] thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
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Psalm 26:3For thy lovingkindness [is] before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth.Psalm 40:10I 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.Psalm 77:10-14And I said, This [is] my infirmity: [but I will remember] the years of the right hand of the most High.Psalm 63:2-3To see thy power and thy glory, so [as] I have seen thee in the sanctuary.2 Chronicles 20:5-13And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,Luke 22:19-20And 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.Song of Solomon 1:4Draw 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.Psalm 104:34My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.Psalm 105:5-6Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;Isaiah 26:8Yea, 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.
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