Psalms 48:3
With the joy of the whole earth is mount Sion founded, on the sides of the north, the city of the great king.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
In Context
2Great is the Lord, and exceedingly to be praised in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
4In her houses shall God be known, when he shall protect her.
Cross References
2 Samuel 5:7But David took the castle of Sion, the same is the city of David.
2 Chronicles 14:9And Zara the Ethiopian came out against them with his army of ten hundred thousand men, and with three hundred chariots: and he came as far as Maresa.
Psalms 46:7Nations were troubled, and kingdoms were bowed down: he uttered his voice, the earth trembled.
Psalms 76:1Unto the end, in praises, a psalm for Asaph: a canticle to the Assyrians.
Isaiah 4:5And the Lord will create upon every place of mount Sion, and where he is called upon, a cloud by day, and a smoke and the brightness of a flaming fire in the night: for over all the glory shall be a protection.
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 →