Psalms 48:3
1 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
4 For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
5 They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.
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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 unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein:
Read in contextPsalms 125:1
They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
Read in contextPsalms 46:7
The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
Read in contextIsaiah 37:33–36
Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it.
Read in contextPsalms 76:1–5
In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel.
Read in contextIsaiah 4:5–6
And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence.
Read in context2 Chronicles 14:9–15
And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah.
Read in context2 Chronicles 12:7
And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
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