Psalm 48 Free Bible Version
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Notes on this text (1)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
1 For the music director. A psalm of the sons of Korah. The Lord is supreme! He deserves praise in the city of our God on his holy mountain.
1 Canción: Salmo de los hijos de Coré. GRANDE es Jehová y digno de ser en gran manera alabado, en la ciudad de nuestro Dios, en el monte de su santuario.
1 A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
2 Mount Zion is high and beautiful, bringing happiness to all the earth; on the northern side is the city of the great King.
2 Hermosa provincia, el gozo de toda la tierra es el monte de Sión, á los lados del aquilón, la ciudad del gran Rey.
2 Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is Mount Zion, on the north sides, the city of the great King.
3 God himself is in the city's fortresses; he is recognized as its defender.
3 Dios en sus palacios es conocido por refugio.
3 God has shown himself in her citadels as a refuge.
4 Look at what happened when foreign kings joined forces and came to attack the city.
4 Porque he aquí los reyes de la tierra se reunieron; pasaron todos.
4 For, behold, the kings assembled themselves, they passed by together.
5 As soon as they saw it they were astonished and ran away terrified.
5 Y viéndola ellos así, maravilláronse, se turbaron, diéronse priesa [á huir].
5 They saw it, then they were amazed. They were dismayed. They hurried away.
6 They shook all over, and were in agonizing pain like a woman giving birth,
6 Tomólos allí temblor; dolor, como á mujer que pare.
6 Trembling took hold of them there, pain, as of a woman in travail.
7 just as the strong east wind wrecks the ships from Tarshish.
7 Con viento solano quiebras tú las naves de Tharsis.
7 With the east wind, you break the ships of Tarshish.
8 Just as we had heard, but now we have seen the city of the Lord Almighty. This is the city of our God; he makes it secure forever. Selah.
8 Como [lo] oímos, así hemos visto en la ciudad de Jehová de los ejércitos, en la ciudad de nuestro Dios: afirmarála Dios para siempre. (Selah.)
8 As we have heard, so we have seen, in the city of Yahweh of Armies, in the city of our God. God will establish it forever. Selah.
9 God, we recall your trustworthy love as we worship in the Temple.
9 Esperamos tu misericordia, oh Dios, en medio de tu templo.
9 We have thought about your loving kindness, God, in the middle of your temple.
10 As is fitting for your reputation, God, praises to you stretch all around the world. What you do is always right!
10 Conforme á tu nombre, oh Dios, así es tu loor hasta los fines de la tierra: de justicia está llena tu diestra.
10 As is your name, God, so is your praise to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is full of righteousness.
11 Let the people of Mount Zion be glad; let the people of Judah celebrate because your judgments are always fair!
11 Alegraráse el monte de Sión; se gozarán las hijas de Judá por tus juicios.
11 Let Mount Zion be glad! Let the daughters of Judah rejoice because of your judgments.
12 Go and take a look at Zion. Count the towers as you walk around.
12 Andad alrededor de Sión, y rodeadla: contad sus torres.
12 Walk about Zion, and go around her. Number its towers.
13 Inspect the fortifications. Examine the citadels, so you can describe everything to the next generation, telling them:
13 Poned vuestro corazón á su antemuro, mirad sus palacios; para que lo contéis á la generación venidera.
13 Notice her bulwarks. Consider her palaces, that you may tell it to the next generation.
14 “This is who our God is. He is our God forever and ever. He himself will lead us until the very end.”
14 Porque este Dios es Dios nuestro eternalmente y para siempre: él nos capitaneará hasta la muerte.
14 For this God is our God forever and ever. He will be our guide even to death.
Cross references (14)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Micah 4:1; Zechariah 8:3; Isaiah 2:2–3; Psalm 96:4; Psalm 46:4
- 2 Psalm 50:2; Matthew 5:35; Lamentations 2:15; Hebrews 12:22; Daniel 11:16
- 3 Zechariah 2:4–5; Psalm 125:1; Psalm 46:7; Isaiah 37:33–36; Psalm 76:1–5
- 4 Revelation 20:8–9; 2 Samuel 10:6–19; Revelation 17:12–14; Isaiah 7:1; Isaiah 29:5–8
- 5 Exodus 14:25; 2 Kings 7:6–7; 2 Kings 19:35–37
- 6 Hosea 13:13; Isaiah 13:6–8; Daniel 5:6; Exodus 15:15–16; Isaiah 21:3
- 7 Jeremiah 18:17; 1 Kings 22:48; Ezekiel 27:25–26; Isaiah 2:16; 1 Kings 10:22
- 8 Psalm 87:5; Micah 4:1; Matthew 16:18; Psalm 48:1–2; Isaiah 2:2
- 9 Psalm 26:3; Psalm 77:10–14; Psalm 40:10; 2 Chronicles 20:5–13; Psalm 63:2–3
- 10 Psalm 113:3; Malachi 1:11; Deuteronomy 28:58; Isaiah 41:10; Joshua 7:9
- 11 Psalm 97:8; Revelation 18:20; Revelation 15:4; Revelation 19:1–3; Revelation 16:5–7
- 12 Isaiah 33:18–20; Matthew 24:1–2; Nehemiah 12:31–40
- 13 Psalm 71:18; Psalm 122:7; Psalm 78:4–6; Deuteronomy 11:19; Joel 1:3
- 14 Isaiah 58:11; Psalm 23:3–4; Psalm 73:24; Psalm 25:9; John 16:13
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Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
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