Psalms 48:1
שִׁיר מִזְמוֹר לִבְנֵי ־ קֹֽרַח ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
In Context
2גָּדוֹל יְהוָה וּמְהֻלָּל מְאֹד בְּעִיר אֱלֹהֵינוּ הַר ־ קָדְשֽׁוֹ ׃
Cross References
2 Chronicles 20:1וַיְהִי אַֽחֲרֵיכֵן בָּאוּ בְנֵי ־ מוֹאָב וּבְנֵי עַמּוֹן וְעִמָּהֶם ׀ מֵֽהָעַמּוֹנִים עַל ־ יְהוֹשָׁפָט לַמִּלְחָמָֽה ׃
Psalms 2:6וַאֲנִי נָסַכְתִּי מַלְכִּי עַל ־ צִיּוֹן הַר ־ קָדְשִֽׁי ׃
Psalms 42:1לַמְנַצֵּחַ מַשְׂכִּיל לִבְנֵי ־ קֹֽרַח ׃
Psalms 46:4יֶהֱמוּ יֶחְמְרוּ מֵימָיו יִֽרְעֲשֽׁוּ ־ הָרִים בְּגַאֲוָתוֹ סֶֽלָה ׃
Psalms 65:1לַמְנַצֵּחַ מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד שִֽׁיר ׃
Psalms 86:10כִּֽי ־ גָדוֹל אַתָּה וְעֹשֵׂה נִפְלָאוֹת אַתָּה אֱלֹהִים לְבַדֶּֽךָ ׃
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 →