Psalms 48:1
A Song. A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah.
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In Context
2\48:1\Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised, in the town of our God, in his holy mountain.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 20:1Now after this, the children of Moab and the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Meunim, made war against Jehoshaphat.
Psalms 2:6But I have put my king on my holy hill of Zion.
Psalms 42:1To the chief music-maker. Maschil. Of the sons of Korah.
Psalms 46:4\46:3\Though its waters are sounding and troubled, and though the mountains are shaking with their violent motion. (Selah.)
Psalms 65:1To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. A Song.
Psalms 86:10For you are great, and do great works of wonder; you only are God.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 48:1
This psalm, as the two former, is a triumphant song; some think it was penned on occasion of Jehoshaphat's victory ( 2 Chron. xx. ), others of Sennacherib's defeat, when his army laid siege to Jerusalem in Hezekiah's time; but, for aught I know, it might be penned by David upon occasion of some eminent victory obtained in his time; yet not so calculated for that but that it might serve any other similar occasion in aftertimes, and be applicable also to the glories of the gospel church, of which Jerusalem was a… Read the whole commentary →