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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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thought.
Psa. 26:3• 3For thy loving-kindness is before mine eyes, and I have walked in thy truth. (Psa. 26:3)
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Psa. 77:10‑11• 10Then said I, This is my weakness:--the years of the right hand of the Most High
 11Will I remember,--the works of Jah; for I will remember thy wonders of old, (Psa. 77:10‑11)
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Psa. 104:34• 34My meditation shall be pleasant unto him; I will rejoice in Jehovah. (Psa. 104:34)
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Psa. 105:5‑6• 5Remember his wondrous works which he hath done, his miracles and the judgments of his mouth:
 6Ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye sons of Jacob, his chosen ones. (Psa. 105:5‑6)
loving-kindness.
Psa. 40:10• 10I have not hidden thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy loving-kindness and thy truth from the great congregation. (Psa. 40:10)
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Psa. 63:3• 3For thy loving-kindness 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. They love thee uprightly. (Song of Sol. 1:4)
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Luke 22:19‑20• 19And having taken a loaf, when he had given thanks, he broke it, and gave it to them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
 20In like manner also the cup, after having supped, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you. (Luke 22:19‑20)
in the.
Psa. 63:2• 2To see thy power and thy glory, as I have beheld thee in the sanctuary; (Psa. 63:2)
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Psa. 77:12‑14• 12And I will meditate upon all thy work, and muse upon thy doings.
 13O God, thy way is in the sanctuary: who is so great a *god as God?
 14Thou art the *God that doest wonders; thou hast declared thy strength among the peoples. (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 Jehovah, before the new court;
 6and he said, Jehovah, God of our fathers, art not thou God in the heavens, and rulest thou not over all the kingdoms of the nations? And in thy hand there is power and might, and none can withstand thee.
 7Hast not thou, our God, dispossessed the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and given it for ever to the seed of Abraham, thy friend?
 8And they have dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,
 9If evil come upon us, sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, and we stand before this house and before thee--for thy name is in this house--and cry unto thee in our distress, then thou wilt hear and save.
 10And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab, and those of mount Seir, amongst whom thou wouldest not let Israel go when they came out of the land of Egypt, (for they turned from them, and destroyed them not,)
 11behold, they reward us, in coming to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to possess.
 12Our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might in presence of this great company which cometh against us, neither know we what to do; but our eyes are upon thee.
 13And all Judah stood before Jehovah, with their little ones, their wives, and their sons. (2 Chron. 20:5‑13)
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Isa. 26:8• 8Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Jehovah, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to thy memorial. (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.