Psalms 26:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Bible Comments

YHWH, I love the habitation of your house,

And the place where your glory dwells.'

He wants YHWH to be aware of how much he loves His dwellingplace, the Tabernacle, the place in which is the Ark of the covenant of YHWH, the symbolic representation of God's glorious presence. (When the Ark was captured by the Philistines, the ‘glory' was said to have departed - 1 Samuel 4:22). He loves it because it is where YHWH reveals Himself among His people (compare Exodus 29:43; Exodus 40:34), and where they can meet with Him.

Psalms 26:8

8 LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.