Psalms 78:69

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“He built His sanctuary like the heights, like the earth He has established forever.”

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BSBPD

“He built His sanctuary like the heights, like the earth He has established forever.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And he built his sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which he hath established for ever.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And buildeth His sanctuary as a high place, Like the earth, He founded it to the age.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 78:69 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Samuel 2:8He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.
  2. 1 Kings 6:1In 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.
  3. 1 Kings 9:8And 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?’
  4. 1 Chronicles 29:1Then 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.
  5. 1 Chronicles 29:19And 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.”
  6. 2 Chronicles 2:9to prepare for me timber in abundance, because the temple I am building will be great and wonderful.
  7. 2 Chronicles 3:4The 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.
  8. Job 26:7He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.
  9. Psalms 87:1He has founded His city on the holy mountains.
  10. Psalms 102:25In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
  11. Psalms 104:5He set the earth on its foundations, never to be moved.
  12. Psalms 119:90Your faithfulness continues through all generations; You established the earth, and it endures.
  13. Isaiah 48:13Surely My own hand founded the earth, and My right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they stand up together.
  14. Isaiah 51:6Lift 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.
  15. Colossians 1:16For 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.
  16. Revelation 20:11Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.

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