Psalms 96:6

Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

Honour and majesty are before him - as His inseparable attendants "in, His presence."

Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. "Strength and gladness are in His place" (). The gladness in the worshippers (cf. ) was the effect of the contemplation of His "beauty." The "strength" is the power obtained by prayer in His sanctuary. The "beauty" is the glory of God's presence. So , "glory and strength," are parallel to "strength and beauty" here. The "sanctuary" is wherever the Lord is: "His place" in 1 Chronicles 16:1. Originally the Old Testament temple of stone; then the temple of Christ's body "in whom dwelt all the fullness of the Godhead bodily" (; ); then the temple of the Holy Spirit, the Church (); then hereafter the restored temple in millennial Jerusalem (Ezekiel 40:1; Ezekiel 41:1; Ezekiel 42:1; Ezekiel 43:1; Ezekiel 44:1; Ezekiel 45:1; Ezekiel 46:1; Ezekiel 47:1); then the "Lord God Almighty and the Lamb, the temple" in the final and perfect state ().