Psalms 48:8
(48-9) As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God — God establish it for ever. Selah
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
7(48-8) With the east wind Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish.
9(48-10) We have thought on Thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of Thy temple.
Cross References
Psalms 44:1(44-1) For the Leader; a Psalm of the sons of Korah. Maschil. (44-2) O God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have told us; a work Thou didst in their days, in the days of old.
Psalms 48:1(48-1) A Song; a Psalm of the sons of Korah. (48-2) Great is the LORD, and highly to be praised, in the city of our God, His holy mountain,
Psalms 87:5But of Zion it shall be said: 'This man and that was born in her; and the Most High Himself doth establish her.'
Isaiah 38:19The living, the living, he shall praise Thee, as I do this day; the father to the children shall make known Thy truth.
Micah 4:1But in the end of days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established as the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and peoples shall flow unto it.
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 →