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THEY SAW IT - That is, they looked on it; they contemplated it; they
were struck with its beauty and strength, and fled.
AND SO THEY MARVELED - It surpassed their expectations of its
strength, and th...
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Psalms 48
The Judgment of the Nations and the Millennium
_ 1. Jerusalem the city of the King (Psalms 48:1)_
2. The confederated nations scattered (Psalms 48:4)
3. The millennium ...
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XLVIII. A PSALM WHICH DESCRIBES THE IMPRESSION MADE ON A PILGRIM BY
HIS VISIT TO ZION.
Psalms 48:1 f. Praise of Zion. SIDES OF THE NORTH is hard to
comprehend. It has been explained as contrasting Zio...
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Jehovah's revelation of Himself as Zion's protector in the recent
discomfiture of her enemies....
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They saw; forthwith they were amazed:
They were dismayed, they made haste to flee.
Caesar's boast, _Veni, vidi, vici_, was reversed. They came to Zion,
they saw it, they were smitten with panic terr...
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PSALMS 48
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
Jehovah Worthy to be Praised in his Holy City, whose History rebounds
to the Honour of her Shepherd-King, who will yet Lead Israel against
Death.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psa...
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This Ps. celebrates the safety and glory of Jerusalem, and the praise
of her divine King. The deliverance He has wrought is vividly
portrayed, and we can hardly fail to recognise that the overthrow of...
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PSALMS 42:72
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
Words in boxes are from the Bible.
Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end.
The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
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THEY SAW. — A verse like Psalms 46:6, vivid from the omission of the
conjunctions, wrongly supplied by the Authorised Version. It has
reminded commentators of Caesar’s _Veni, vidi, vici._
THEY _looke...
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_[Psalms 48:6]_ הֵ֣מָּה רָ֭אוּ כֵּ֣ן
תָּמָ֑הוּ נִבְהֲל֥וּ...
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Psalms 48:1
THE situation seems the same as in Psalms 46:1, with which this psalm
has many points of contact. In both we have the same triumph, the same
proud affection for the holy city and sanctuary...
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“THE CITY OF OUR GOD”
Psalms 48:1
This psalm also probably dates from 2 Chronicles 20:20. Tekoa was only
three hours' march from Jerusalem and commanded an extensive view, so
that Psalms 48:4 were li...
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In Psa 46:1-11 the dominant note was of confidence, because of the
government of God in the midst of His people. This is a song
describing the experience resulting from such government. It is the
anth...
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They saw [(f) it, and] so they marvelled; they were troubled, [and]
hasted away.
(f) The enemies were afraid at the sight of the city....
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Proposition. Hebrew, "riddle." (Berthier) --- The ancients delighted
in parables, which required attention to discern the meaning, and thus
people had the pleasures of ingenuity. Music often accompani...
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All the powers of the world were confederate against Israel, when
first God made her a church. And all the powers of the world were
confederate when first the gospel was made known. Hell hath been up...
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Psalms 48 completes this series. Jehovah is fully established as
Israel's God in Zion, now the praise of the whole earth, the city of
the great King, and in whose palaces God is well known as a refuge...
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THEY SAW [IT],.... Either the city or the power of God, as Aben Ezra;
or, as Jarchi, God himself going forth to fight against the nations.
This refers to the power Christ will take to himself, and sho...
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They saw [it, and] so they marvelled; they were troubled, [and] hasted
away.
Ver. 5. _They saw it, and so they marvelled_] None of them could say,
as Caesar, _Veni, vidi, vici,_ I came, I saw, I conq...
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_For lo, the kings were assembled_ The neighbouring princes
confederate against Jerusalem: see the contents. _They passed by_ In
their march toward Jerusalem. They advanced, and marched on, not
doubti...
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ZION AS A TYPE OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
A song and psalm for the sons of Korah, written by one of their number
to set forth the privileges and blessings of God's dominion in His
Church....
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They saw it, after passing the boundary of the country and encamping
against the Church, they became aware of the fact that Jehovah is its
mighty Protector, AND SO THEY MARVELED, they were greatly ast...
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1-7 Jerusalem is the city of our God: none on earth render him due
honour except the citizens of the spiritual Jerusalem. Happy the
kingdom, the city, the family, the heart, in which God is great, in...
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THEY SAW IT; they did only look upon it, but _not come into it, nor
shoot an arrow there, nor cast a bank against it_, as is said upon
this or the like occasion, 2 KINGS 19:32. SO THEY MARVELLED, not...
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Psalms 48:5 saw H7200 (H8804) marveled H8539 (H8804) troubled H926
(H8738) away H2648 (H8738)
were -...
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THE NATIONS QUAIL BEFORE THE POWER OF GOD IN HIS HOLY HILL (PSALMS
48:4).
The glory of the dwellingplace of the Great God is such that the
nations quail before Him. Though they may assemble themselves...
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Psalms 48
There is one event, and only one, in Jewish history which corresponds
point for point to the details of this Psalm the crushing destruction
of the Assyrian army under Sennacherib. We may, wi...
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Psalms 48:1. _Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city
of our God, in the mountain of his holiness. Beautiful for situation,
the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of...
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A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah. It is not every Psalm that is
a song, for some Psalms are full of sorrow and it is not every song
that is a Psalm, for, alas! there are many songs that are mere...
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CONTENTS: Praise of the beauty and strength of Mount Zion, the city of
God.
CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist.
CONCLUSION: There is one city which is the world's star (Jerusalem),
the most precious pearl of...
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Title. _A psalm for the sons of Korah._ Asaph being dead, and his sons
not named, we infer that the psalm, as many think, was composed on the
Assyrian invasion; for then God was truly great in Zion, i...
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_Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised._
A SONG OF DELIVERANCE
The psalm has manifestly some historical basis. What is it? The psalm
gives these points--a formidable muster before Jerusalem of...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 48:1. Like Psalms 46:1, Psalms 48:1 is a
hymn celebrating Z
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INTRODUCTION
_Superscription_. “_A Song and Psalm_.” “It is not easy,” says
Barnes, “to account for this double appellation, or to distinguish
between the meaning of these words, though _probably_ the...
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EXPOSITION
HERE we have another psalm of thanksgiving for a deliverance, but not
apparently for the same deliverance as gave occasion for either of the
two preceding psalms. Israel had now been delive...
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Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God,
in the mountains of his holiness. Beautiful for situation, the joy of
the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, th...
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2 Kings 19:35; 2 Kings 7:6; 2 Kings 7:7; Exodus 14:25...
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Saw it — They did only look upon it, but not come into it, nor shoot
an arrow there — nor cast a bank against it, 2 Kings 19:32.
Marvelled — At the wonderful works wrought by God....