Psalms 48:1

Great is the Lord and worthy all praise in the city of our God. His holy mountain,

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

In Context

2that rises so fair, is the joy of all the world. Like the mount of the gods is Mount Zion, the city of the great king.

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Cross References

Psalms 2:6“This my king is installed by me, on Zion my holy mountain.”

Psalms 42:1Like the hart which longs for brooks of water, I long for you, God.

Psalms 46:4A river there is, whose streams make glad God’s city, the home the Most High has hallowed.

Psalms 65:1It is seemly to praise you, O God, in Zion, and to you shall the vow be performed in Jerusalem.

Psalms 86:10For great are you, and a doer of wonders; you alone are God.

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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