Psalms 48:3
1 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain.
2 Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.
God is in her citadels; He has shown Himself to be a fortress.
4 For behold, the kings assembled; they all advanced together.
5 They saw and were astounded; they fled in terror.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- God is in her citadels; He has shown Himself to be a fortress.
- KJV
- God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
- WEB
- God has shown himself in her citadels as a refuge.
- ASV
- God hath made himself known in her palaces for a refuge.
- DARBY
- God is known in her palaces as a high fortress.
- BLB
- God [is] in her citadels, known as a secure height.
- ÅB
- Gud er i dens borger, han er blitt kjent som et fast vern.
- OTB
- Gud har åpenbart seg som en tilflukt
Innenfor hennes palasser. - B1930
- Gud er i dens borger, han er blitt kjent som et fast vern.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Zechariah 2:4–5
and said to him, “Run and tell that young man: ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it.
Read in contextPsalms 125:1
Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.
Read in contextPsalms 46:7
The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
Read in contextIsaiah 37:33–36
So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it.
Read in contextPsalms 76:1–5
God is known in Judah; His name is great in Israel.
Read in contextIsaiah 4:5–6
Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud of smoke by day and a glowing flame of fire by night. For over all the glory there will be a canopy,
Read in context2 Chronicles 14:9–15
Then Zerah the Cushite came against them with an army of 1,000,000 men and 300 chariots, and they advanced as far as Mareshah.
Read in context2 Chronicles 12:7
When the LORD saw that they had humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them, but will soon grant them deliverance. My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak.
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