Psalms 48:3
God has shown himself in her citadels as a refuge.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
In Context
4For, behold, the kings assembled themselves, they passed by together.
Cross References
2 Samuel 5:7Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion. This is David’s city.
2 Chronicles 14:9Zerah the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a million troops and three hundred chariots, and he came to Mareshah.
Psalms 46:7The LORD of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
Psalms 76:1In Judah, God is known. His name is great in Israel.
Psalms 135:21Blessed be the LORD from Zion, who dwells in Jerusalem. Praise the LORD!
Isaiah 4:5The LORD will create over the whole habitation of Mount Zion and over her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night, for over all the glory will be a canopy.
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 →