Psalms 48:8
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. [[Pause.]]
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
7As when the east wind breaketh in pieces The ships of Tarshish.
9We think of thy loving-kindness, O God! In the midst of thy temple!
Cross References
Psalms 44:1“For the leader of the music. A psalm of the sons of Korah.” O God! we have heard with our ears, Our fathers have told us, What deeds thou didst in their days, In the days of old.
Psalms 48:1“A psalm of the sons of Korah.” Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised In the city of our God, upon his holy mountain.
Psalms 87:5And of Zion it shall be said, “Men of every nation were born there, And the Most High hath established her.”
Isaiah 38:19The living, the living praise thee, as I do this day; The father to the children shall make known thy faithfulness.
Micah 4:1But it shall come to pass in the last days That the mountain of the house of Jehovah shall be established at the head of the mountains, And exalted above the hills; And the nations shall flow 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 →