Psalms 48:1

A Song, a Psalm, by sons of Korah. Great [is] Jehovah, and praised greatly, In the city of our God — His holy hill.

Young's Literal Translation

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 [for] elevation, A joy of all the land, [is] Mount Zion, The sides of the north, the city of a great king.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 20:1And it cometh to pass after this, the sons of Moab have come in, and the sons of Ammon, and with them of the peoples, against Jehoshaphat to battle.

Psalms 2:6'And I — I have anointed My King, Upon Zion — My holy hill.'

Psalms 42:1To the Overseer. — An Instruction. By sons of Korah. As a hart doth pant for streams of water, So my soul panteth toward Thee, O God.

Psalms 46:4A river — its rivulets rejoice the city of God, Thy holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.

Psalms 65:1To the Overseer. — A Psalm of David. A Song. To Thee, silence — praise, O God, [is] in Zion, And to Thee is a vow completed.

Psalms 86:10For great [art] Thou, and doing wonders, Thou [art] God Thyself 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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