Psalms 48:8
As we have heard, so have we seen 1 in the city of Yahweh of hosts, in the city of our God; 1 God will establish it forever. Selah 1
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In Context
7With the east wind 1 you break the ships of Tarshish. 1
9We have thought about your covenant faithfulness, God, 1 in the middle of your temple. 1
Cross References
Psalms 44:1We have heard with our ears, God, 1 our fathers have told us 1 what work you did in their days, 1 in the days of old. 1
Psalms 48:1Great is Yahweh and greatly to be praised, 1 in the city of our God on his holy mountain. 1
Psalms 87:5Of Zion it will be said, “Each of these was born in her; 1 and the Most High himself will establish her.” 1
Isaiah 38:19The living person, the living person, he is the one who gives you thanks, as I do this day; 1 a father makes known to children your trustworthiness. 1
Micah 4:1But in the last days it will come about 1 that the mountain of Yahweh's house 1 will be established over the other mountains. 1 It will be exalted above the hills, 1 and peoples will stream to it. 1
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 →