Psalms 48:3

Psalms 48:3

The Glory of God in Zion

A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

1 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised
In the ^acity of our God,
In His holy mountain.

2 ^aBeautiful in¹ elevation,
The joy of the whole earth,
Is Mount Zion on the sides of the north,
The city of the great King.

3 God is in her palaces;
He is known as her refuge.

4 For behold, ^athe kings assembled,
They passed by together.

5 They saw it, and so they marveled;
They were troubled, they hastened away.

6 Fear ^atook hold of them there,
And pain, as of a woman in birth pangs,

7 As when You break the ^aships of Tarshish
With an east wind.

8 As we have heard,
So we have seen
In the city of the Lord of hosts,
In the city of our God:
God will ^aestablish it forever. Selah

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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palaces—literally, "citadels."

refuge— (Psalms 9:10; Psalms 18:3). He was so known in them because they enjoyed His presence.

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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 48:3:**

Psalms 48:1
Psalms 83:1
Isaiah 1:1
Isaiah 26:1
Ezekiel 35:10
Daniel 9:24
Daniel 11:31
Amos 6:8

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