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Psalm 26:8 (WEB)
LORD, I love the habitation of your house, the place where your glory dwells.

Fathers and councils · 12

Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures Lecture 19
“And David prophesying of both these, said plainly of the first which was rejected, I have hated the Congregation of evil doers; but of the second which is built up he says in the same Psalm, Lord, I have loved the beauty of Thine house; and immediately afterwards, In the Congregations will I bless thee, O Lord.” — editor's note: Ps. xxvi. 8: Sept. εὐπρέπειαν . R.V. and A.V. “habitation.”
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Eusebius of Caesarea, Church History X.4Book X
“…glad when they said unto me, we shall go unto the house of the Lord,’ and ‘Lord, I have loved the beauty of thy house and the place where thy glory dwelleth.’” — editor's note: Psa. xxvi. 8.
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John Cassian, Conferences XVIII–XXIV XXIV.6Conference XXIV
“…the blessed David desired in his heart to show to the Lord and said: “I have loved the beauty of Thine house and the place of the dwelling of Thy glory;” but will without foresight raise in his heart a house that is not beautiful, and that is unworthy of the Holy Ghost, one that will presently fall, and so will…” — editor's note: Ps. xxv. (xxvi.) 8.
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Augustine of Hippo, Confessions VIII.1Book VIII
“For, compared with Thy sweetness, and the beauty of Thy house, which I loved, those things delighted me no longer.” — editor's note: Ps. xxvi. 8.
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Augustine of Hippo, Confessions XII.15Book XII
“I have loved thy beauty, and the place of the habitation of the glory of my Lord, thy builder and owner.” — editor's note: Ps. xxvi. 8.
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Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 26
““And the place of the habitation of Thy glory” (ver. 8): where Thou dwellest, and art glorified.” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 68
“And such is the beauty of the house, whereto the spoils are divided, that a lover thereof with this fairness being enkindled, crieth out, “O Lord, I have loved the grace of Thy House.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxvi. 8.
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Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XXII.21Book XXII
“…God’s praise, and since it was from the profoundest sentiment of ardent and holy love that the Psalmist cried, “O Lord, I have loved the beauty of Thy house,” we may, with God’s help, speak of the gifts He lavishes on men, good and bad alike, in this most wretched life, and may do our best to conjecture the great…” — editor's note: Ps. xxvi. 8.
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Gregory the Great, Epistles, Books I–VIII I.5Book I
“…and not only with my voice but in the core of my heart I used to say, My heart hath said unto Thee, I have sought Thy face, Thy face, Lord, will I seek (Ps. xxvi. 8).” — the author cites it
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Jerome, Letters Letter 108
“Yet, as though she were leaving strangers to go home to her own people, she whispered the verses of the psalmist: “Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house and the place where thine honour dwelleth,” and “How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!” — editor's note: Ps. xxvi. 8.
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Jerome, Letters Letter 130
“Then shall we sing with the prophet: “Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house and the place where thine honour dwelleth;” and again: “one thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxvi. 8.
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Basil the Great, Letters Letter 49
“…becoming a Christian, have raised a house to the glory of God, and have in practical earnest loved, as it is written, “the beauty of the house of the Lord,” and have so provided for yourself that heavenly mansion which is prepared in His rest for them that love the Lord.” — editor's note: Ps. xxvi. 8, LXX.
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