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Psalms 48:1

A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised,in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.

New Heart English Bible

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 20:1It happened after this, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.

Psalms 2:6"Yet I have set my king on my holy hill of Zion."

Psalms 42:1For the Chief Musician. A contemplation by the sons of Korah.As 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 65:1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. A song.Praise waits for you, God, in Zion.To you shall vows be performed.

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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