Psalms 48:13
11 Mount Zion is glad, the daughters of Judah rejoice, on account of Your judgments.
12 March around Zion, encircle her, count her towers,
consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, that you may tell the next generation.
14 For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, that you may tell the next generation.
- KJV
- Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.
- WEB
- Notice her bulwarks. Consider her palaces, that you may tell it to the next generation.
- ASV
- Mark ye well her bulwarks; Consider her palaces: That ye may tell it to the generation following.
- DARBY
- Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces: that ye may tell it to the generation following.
- BLB
- Set your⁺ heart toward her bulwark, pass between her citadels, so that you⁺ may recount [it] to the following generation.
- ÅB
- Gi akt på dets voller, vandre gjennom dets borger, for at dere kan fortelle derom til den kommende slekt.
- OTB
- Betrakt hennes voller;
Gå gjennom hennes palasser,
Så dere kan fortelle om det til neste generasjon. - B1930
- Gi akt på dets voller, vandre gjennem dets borger, forat I kan fortelle derom til den kommende slekt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 71:18
Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, until I proclaim Your power to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.
Read in contextPsalms 122:7
May there be peace within your walls, and prosperity inside your fortresses.”
Read in contextPsalms 78:4–6
We will not hide them from their children, but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might, and the wonders He has performed.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 11:19
Teach them to your children, speaking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
Read in contextJoel 1:3
Tell it to your children; let your children tell it to their children, and their children to the next generation.
Read in contextAmos 9:11
“In that day I will restore the fallen tent of David. I will repair its gaps, restore its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old,
Read in contextIsaiah 58:12
Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins; you will restore the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of the Breach, Restorer of the Streets of Dwelling.
Read in contextActs 15:14–16
Simon has told us how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people to be His own.
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