Psalms 78:69
67 He rejected the tent of Joseph and refused the tribe of Ephraim.
68 But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.
He built His sanctuary like the heights, like the earth He has established forever.
70 He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds;
71 from tending the ewes He brought him to be shepherd of His people Jacob, of Israel His inheritance.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He built His sanctuary like the heights, like the earth He has established forever.
- KJV
- And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.
- WEB
- He built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he has established forever.
- ASV
- And he built his sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which he hath established for ever.
- DARBY
- And he built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he hath founded for ever.
- BLB
- And He built His sanctuary like the heights; like the earth He founded it forever.
- ÅB
- Og han bygget sin helligdom lik høye fjell, lik jorden, som han har grunnfestet for evig tid.
- OTB
- Og Han grunnla sin helligdom som høydene,
Som jorden som Han har grunnlagt for evig. - B1930
- Og han bygget sin helligdom lik høie fjell, lik jorden, som han har grunnfestet for evig tid.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Kings 6:1–38
In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, in the month of Ziv, the second month of the fourth year of Solomon’s reign over Israel, he began to build the house of the LORD.
Read in contextIsaiah 51:6
Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth below; for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its people will die like gnats. But My salvation will last forever, and My righteousness will never fail.
Read in context2 Chronicles 2:9
to prepare for me timber in abundance, because the temple I am building will be great and wonderful.
Read in context1 Kings 9:8
And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’
Read in contextColossians 1:16–17
For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him.
Read in context2 Chronicles 3:4
The portico at the front, extending across the width of the temple, was twenty cubits long and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.
Read in context1 Chronicles 29:1
Then King David said to the whole assembly, “My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is young and inexperienced. The task is great because this palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.
Read in context1 Chronicles 29:19
And give my son Solomon a whole heart to keep and carry out all Your commandments, decrees, and statutes, and to build Your palace for which I have made provision.”
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