Psalms 48:1

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

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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

2Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is Mount Zion, on the north sides, the city of the great King.

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Cross References

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

Psalms 2:6“Yet I have set my King on my holy hill of Zion.”

Psalms 42:1As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.

Psalms 46:4There is a river, the streams of which make the city of God glad, the holy place of the tents of the Most High.

Psalms 65:1Praise waits for you, God, in Zion. Vows shall be performed to you.

Psalms 86:10For you are great, and do wondrous things. You are God alone.

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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