Psalms 48:8
(48:9) As we have heard, so have we seen [it] in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
7(48:8) With the east wind thou breakest the ships of Tharshish.
9(48:10) We have reflected on thy kindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
Cross References
Psalms 44:1“To the chief musician, for the sons of Korach, a Maskil.” (44:2) O God, with our ears have we heard, our fathers have told us, deeds which thou hadst done in their days, in times of old.
Psalms 48:1“A song and psalm by the sons of Korach.” (48:2) Great is the Lord, and highly praised in the city of our God, [in] his holy mountain.
Psalms 87:5But of Zion will it be said, “This and that man were born in her:” and the Most High himself doth establish her.
Isaiah 38:19The living, the living alone shall thank thee, like me this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth.
Micah 4:1And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be firmly established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and unto it shall people flow.
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 →