Psalms 48:4
My mouth will speak wisdom, and the meditation of my heart will speak prudence.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
In Context
3whoever is earth-born, you sons of men, together as one, the rich and the poor.
5I will incline my ear to a parable. I will open my case with the psaltery.
Cross References
2 Samuel 10:6Now the sons of Ammon, seeing that they had done an injury to David, sent for, and paid wages to, the Syrians of Rehob, and the Syrians of Zobah, twenty thousand foot soldiers, and from the king of Maacah, one thousand men, and from Tob, twelve thousand men.
Psalms 83:2How beloved are your tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!
Isaiah 8:8And he will pass through Judah, inundating it, and he will cross over and arrive, even at its neck. And he will extend his wings, filling the breadth of your land, O Immanuel.”
Isaiah 14:32And what will be the response to this news among the nations? It will be that the Lord has established Zion, and that the poor of his people will hope in him.
Isaiah 29:5And the multitude of those who fan you will be like fine dust. And the multitude of those who have prevailed against you will be like embers fading away.
Revelation 19:20And the beast was apprehended, and with him the false prophetess, who in his presence caused the signs, by which she seduced those who accepted the character of the beast and who worshiped his image. These two were cast alive into the pool of fire burning with sulphur.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 48:2-8
The Beauty and Strength of Zion. 1 Great is the Lord , and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness. 2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. 3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge. 4 For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together. 5 They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away. 6 Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail. 7… Read the whole commentary →