Psalms 48:1
A psalm of a canticle, for the sons of Core, on the second day of the week.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
2Great is the Lord, and exceedingly to be praised in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 20:1After this the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them of the Ammonites, were gathered together to fight against Josaphat.
Psalms 2:6But I am appointed king by him over Sion his holy mountain, preaching his commandment.
Psalms 42:1Unto the end, understanding for the sons of Core.
Psalms 46:4Their waters roared and were troubled: the mountains were troubled with his strength.
Psalms 65:1To the end, a psalm of David. The canticle of Jeremias and Ezechiel to the people of the captivity, when they began to go out.
Psalms 86:10For thou art great and dost wonderful things: thou art God alone.
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 →