Psalms 48:8

or the price of the redemption of his soul, though he labor for ever, 1

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.

In Context

7A brother does not redeem, shall a man redeem? he shall not give to God a ransom for himself, 1

9and live to the end, so that he should not see corruption. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 44:1My heart + 44:1 Lit. eructavit. has uttered a good matter: I declare my works to the king: my tongue is the pen of a quick writer. 1

Psalms 48:1Hear these words, all you⌃ nations, listen, all you⌃ that dwell upon the earth: 1

Psalms 87:5free among the dead, as the slain ones + 87:5 Alex. om. ἐῤῥιμμένοι, cast out. cast out, who sleep in the tomb; whom you remember no more; and they are rejected from your hand. 1

Isaiah 38:19The living shall bless you, as I also do: for from this day shall I beget children, who shall declare your righteousness,

Micah 4:1And at the last days the mountain of the Lord shall be manifest, established on the tops of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and the peoples shall hasten to 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 →

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