Psalms 48:3
God in her high places is known for a tower.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
In Context
4For, lo, the kings met, they passed by together,
Cross References
2 Samuel 5:7And David captureth the fortress of Zion, it [is] the city of David.
2 Chronicles 14:9And come out unto them doth Zerah the Cushite with a force of a thousand thousand, and chariots three hundred, and he cometh in unto Mareshah,
Psalms 46:7Jehovah of Hosts [is] with us, A tower for us [is] the God of Jacob. Selah.
Psalms 76:1To the Overseer with stringed instruments. — A Psalm of Asaph. — A Song. In Judah [is] God known, in Israel His name [is] great.
Psalms 135:21Blessed [is] Jehovah from Zion, Inhabiting Jerusalem — praise ye Jah!
Isaiah 4:5Then hath Jehovah prepared Over every fixed place of Mount Zion, And over her convocations, A cloud by day, and smoke, And the shining of a flaming fire by night, That, over all honour a safe-guard,
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 →