Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
situation—literally, "elevation."
joy of, etc.—source of joy.
sides of the north—poetically for eminent, lofty, distinguished, as the ancients believed the north to be the highest part of the earth (compare Isaiah 14:13).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Psalms 48:2:
Job 37:22
Psalms 46:4
Psalms 48:1
Psalms 83:1
Psalms 87:3
Psalms 101:8
Psalms 128:3
Isaiah 1:1
Isaiah 14:13
Isaiah 26:1
Lamentations 2:15
Ezekiel 5:5-6
Ezekiel 16:13
Daniel 8:9
Daniel 9:24
Daniel 11:31
Malachi 1:14
Matthew 5:35
Matthew 22:7
Luke 2:42
2 Thessalonians 2:4
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