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Psalm 48 Young's Literal Translation

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1 A Song, a Psalm, by sons of Korah. Great [is] Jehovah, and praised greatly, In the city of our God — His holy hill.
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 Beautiful [for] elevation, A joy of all the land, [is] Mount Zion, The sides of the north, the city of a great king.
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 in her high places is known for a tower.
3 God has shown himself in her citadels as a refuge.
4 For, lo, the kings met, they passed by together,
4 For, behold, the kings assembled themselves, they passed by together.
5 They have seen — so they have marvelled, They have been troubled, they were hastened away.
5 They saw it, then they were amazed. They were dismayed. They hurried away.
6 Trembling hath seized them there, Pain, as of a travailing woman.
6 Trembling took hold of them there, pain, as of a woman in travail.
7 By an east wind Thou shiverest ships of Tarshish.
7 With the east wind, you break the ships of Tarshish.
8 As we have heard, so we have seen, In the city of Jehovah of hosts, In the city of our God, God doth establish her — to the age. 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 We have thought, O God, of Thy kindness, In the midst of Thy temple,
9 We have thought about your loving kindness, God, in the middle of your temple.
10 As [is] Thy name, O God, so [is] Thy praise, Over the ends of the earth, Righteousness hath filled Thy right hand.
10 As is your name, God, so is your praise to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is full of righteousness.
11 Rejoice doth Mount Zion, The daughters of Judah are joyful, For the sake of Thy judgments.
11 Let Mount Zion be glad! Let the daughters of Judah rejoice because of your judgments.
12 Compass Zion, and go round her, count her towers,
12 Walk about Zion, and go around her. Number its towers.
13 Set your heart to her bulwark, Consider her high places, So that ye recount to a later generation,
13 Notice her bulwarks. Consider her palaces, that you may tell it to the next generation.
14 That this God [is] our God — To the age and for ever, He — he doth lead us over death!
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. 1 Micah 4:1; Zechariah 8:3; Isaiah 2:2–3; Psalm 96:4; Psalm 46:4
  2. 2 Psalm 50:2; Matthew 5:35; Lamentations 2:15; Hebrews 12:22; Daniel 11:16
  3. 3 Zechariah 2:4–5; Psalm 125:1; Psalm 46:7; Isaiah 37:33–36; Psalm 76:1–5
  4. 4 Revelation 20:8–9; 2 Samuel 10:6–19; Revelation 17:12–14; Isaiah 7:1; Isaiah 29:5–8
  5. 5 Exodus 14:25; 2 Kings 7:6–7; 2 Kings 19:35–37
  6. 6 Hosea 13:13; Isaiah 13:6–8; Daniel 5:6; Exodus 15:15–16; Isaiah 21:3
  7. 7 Jeremiah 18:17; 1 Kings 22:48; Ezekiel 27:25–26; Isaiah 2:16; 1 Kings 10:22
  8. 8 Psalm 87:5; Micah 4:1; Matthew 16:18; Psalm 48:1–2; Isaiah 2:2
  9. 9 Psalm 26:3; Psalm 77:10–14; Psalm 40:10; 2 Chronicles 20:5–13; Psalm 63:2–3
  10. 10 Psalm 113:3; Malachi 1:11; Deuteronomy 28:58; Isaiah 41:10; Joshua 7:9
  11. 11 Psalm 97:8; Revelation 18:20; Revelation 15:4; Revelation 19:1–3; Revelation 16:5–7
  12. 12 Isaiah 33:18–20; Matthew 24:1–2; Nehemiah 12:31–40
  13. 13 Psalm 71:18; Psalm 122:7; Psalm 78:4–6; Deuteronomy 11:19; Joel 1:3
  14. 14 Isaiah 58:11; Psalm 23:3–4; Psalm 73:24; Psalm 25:9; John 16:13

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“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).

  1. Commentary Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm XLVII)

    The title of the Psalm goeth thus. "To the end: for the sons of Korah: a Psalm of David himself." These sons of Korah have the title also of some other Psalms, and indicate a sweet mystery, insinuate a great Sacrament: wherein let us willingly understand ourselves, and let us acknowledge in the title us who hear, and read, and …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)

  2. Quotes verse 48:1 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XI)

    … written, "Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God." And in another psalm we read, "Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of His holiness, increasing the joy of the whole earth." And, a little after, in the same psalm, "As we have heard, so have we …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)

  3. Quotes verse 48:2 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily XVII)

    Next, to lead them farther away from swearing by God, He saith, "Neither by Heaven, for it is God's throne, nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of His feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King:" still speaking out of the prophetical writings, and signifying Himself not to be opposed to the …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)

  4. Quotes verse 48:7 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture XVI)

    And of the wind it saith, Thou shalt break the ships of Tarshish with a violent spirit; and, As the tree in the wood is shaken by the spirit; and, Fire, hail, snow, ice, spirit of storm.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)

  5. Quotes verse 48:2 Augustine of Hippo, The City of God (Book XVII, Chapter 4)

    Therefore let the Church of Christ, the city of the great King, full of grace, prolific of offspring, let her say what the prophecy uttered about her so long before by the mouth of this pious mother confesses, "My heart is made strong in the Lord, and my horn is exalted in my God." Her heart is truly made strong, …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)