Psalms 48:2
Beautiful in elevation, the joy of all the land, Is Mount Zion, in the recesses of the north,—The city of a great king.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
1Great is Yahweh, and worthy to be mightily praised, In the city of our God, His holy mountain.
3God, in her palaces, is to be known as a high tower.
Cross References
Psalms 50:2Out of Zion the perfection of beauty, God, hath shone forth.
Psalms 87:3Glorious things, are to be spoken of thee, O city of God. [Selah.]
Psalms 135:21Blessed be Yahweh out of Zion, Who inhabiteth Jerusalem, Praise ye Yah!
Isaiah 14:13Yet, thou, didst say in thy heart—The heavens, will I ascend, Above the stars of GOD, will I lift up my throne,—That I may sit in the Mount of Assembly In the Recesses of the North:
Isaiah 60:15Instead of thy being forsaken and hated so that none used to pass through thee, I will make of thee—An excellency age-abiding, The joy of generation after generation.
Jeremiah 3:19Though, I myself, had said,—How can I put thee among the sons, And give thee a land to be coveted, An inheritance of beauty, of the hosts of nations? Yet I said, My father, shalt thou call me, And away from me, shalt thou not turn.
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 →