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Psalm 48:9

We have thought about your loving kindness, God, in the middle of your temple.

7With the east wind, you break the ships of Tarshish.
8As we have heard, so we have seen, in the city of the LORD of Armies, in the city of our God. God will establish it forever. Selah.
9We have thought about your loving kindness, God, in the middle of your temple.
10As is your name, God, so is your praise to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is full of righteousness.
11Let Mount Zion be glad! Let the daughters of Judah rejoice because of your judgments.
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In the middle of the temple, worshipers give thought to God's loving kindness, making reflection part of their shared praise.

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Where else Scripture says this

8 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 26:3For your loving kindness is before my eyes. I have walked in your truth.Both verses make God's loving kindness an object of attention, whether considered in the temple or kept before the eyes.
Psalm 40:10I have not hidden your righteousness within my heart. I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation. I have not concealed your loving kindness and your …God's loving kindness is considered among temple worshipers in Psalm 48 and declared before the great assembly in Psalm 40.
Psalm 77:10–14Then I thought, “I will appeal to this: the years of the right hand of the Most High.”Both describe thought directed toward God: his loving kindness in Psalm 48 and the years of the Most High's right hand in Psalm 77.
Psalm 63:2–3So I have seen you in the sanctuary, watching your power and your glory.Both locate attention to God in a place of worship: his loving kindness in the temple, his power and glory in the sanctuary.
2 Chronicles 20:5–13Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the LORD’s house, before the new court;Both passages place people together at God's house, with temple worshipers in the psalm and Jehoshaphat standing among the assembly in Chronicles.
Song of Songs 1:4Take me away with you. Let’s hurry. The king has brought me into his rooms. Friends We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will praise your love more than …Both speak of love with others present, though the psalm addresses God and the Song celebrates love between people.
Luke 22:19–20He took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body which is given for you. Do this in memory of me.”The connection is reflection and remembrance: temple worshipers consider God's loving kindness, while Jesus tells those receiving the bread to remember him.
Isaiah 26:8Yes, in the way of your judgments, LORD, we have waited for you. Your name and your renown are the desire of our soul.Both address God in a shared voice, directing attention toward his loving kindness in the psalm and his name in Isaiah.
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Read Psalm 48:9 before your next church service begins

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Encouragement

Your attention has a place in worship, even before words become a song. Here, God's people turn their thoughts toward his loving kindness.

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