Psalms 48:1

For the end, a Psalm for the sons of Korah. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.

In Context

2Hear these words, all ye nations, 1 Hearken, all ye that dwell upon the earth: 1

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 20:1And after this came the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Meunites, against Jehoshaphat to battle.

Psalms 2:6But I have been made king by him 1 On Zion his holy mountain, 1

Psalms 42:1A Psalm of David. 1 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause, against an ungodly nation: 1 Deliver me from the unjust and crafty man. 1

Psalms 46:4He has subdued the peoples under us, 1 And the nations under our feet. 1

Psalms 65:1For the end, a Song of a Psalm of resurrection. 1 Shout unto God, all the earth. 1

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 →

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