Psalms 48:1
What meaning of the psalms 48:1 in the Bible?
What does Psalms 48:1 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness."
What does Psalms 48:1 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness."
PSALM XLVIII _The ornaments and the privileges of the Church_, 1-8. _The duty of God's people_, 9-14. NOTES ON PSALM XLVIII The _title_: _A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah_. To which the _Vul...
GREAT IS THE LORD - That is, he is high and exalted; he is a Being of great power and glory. He is not weak and feeble, like the idols worshipped by other nations. He is able to defend his people; he...
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 (Psalms 48:8) Jer...
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 Zi...
TITLE.. SONG. Hebrew. _Shir_. See App-65. PSALM. Hebrew. _mizmor._ See App-65. FOR THE SONS OF KORAH. See App-63. The fifth of nine so ascribed; and the last of the four Psalms celebrating the deliv...
_greatly to be praised_ The R.V. returns to Coverdale's rendering (P.B.V.), highly to be praised. The same emphatic adverb occurs in each of the two preceding Pss. God has proved Himself to be an _exc...
_The ornaments and privileges of the church._ A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah. _TITLE._ קרח לבני מזמור שׁיר _SHIIR MIZMOR LIBNEI KORACH._— This is a triumphant hymn, the author of which is not...
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...
_GREAT IS THE LORD, AND GREATLY TO BE PRAISED IN THE CITY OF OUR GOD, IN THE MOUNTAIN OF HIS HOLINESS._ Psalms 48:1.-Praise-song after deliverance. Jerusalem's special relation to God, the ground of i...
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...
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...
TO BE PRAISED. — See Psalms 18:3, Note....
שִׁ֥יר מִ֝זְמֹור לִ בְנֵי ־קֹֽרַח׃ _[Psalms 48:2]_ גָּ֘דֹ֤ול יְהוָ֣ה וּ מְהֻלָּ֣ל מְאֹ֑ד בְּ עִ֥יר...
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...
“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 l...
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...
" (a) A Song [and] Psalm for the sons of Korah." Great [is] the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the (b) city of our God, [in] the mountain of his holiness. (a) Some put this difference between a s...
_Psalm. St. Ambrose adds, "of David." It is written in an enigmatical style, like the book of Ecclesiastes, and is very obscure. But the drift is, to impress the captives with a contempt of worldly gr...
CONTENTS The prophet, in a beautiful strain, is here extolling mount Zion. It should seem to mean principally the Zion of Jesus, the gospel Zion. In this spiritual sense it is most lovely indeed. He...
1._Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised. _The prophet, before proceeding to make mention of that special example of the favor of God towards them, to which I have adverted, teaches in general t...
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...
GREAT [IS] THE LORD,.... The same that in the foregoing psalm is said to be gone, up to heaven with a shout, to sit on the throne of his holiness, to reign over the Heathen, and to be King over all th...
__ Psalms 48:1 _« A Song [and] Psalm for the sons of Korah. » Great [is] the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, [in] the mountain of his holiness._ A Psalm and Song for the sons...
_Great is the Lord_, &c. Great is the majesty and the power of Jehovah; who is therefore to be celebrated with the highest praises; _in the city of our God_ Especially in his own city Jerusalem, and b...
Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised, in setting forth His fame in psalms of thanksgiving, IN THE CITY OF OUR GOD, where the Tabernacle and afterward the Temple stood, IN THE MOUNTAIN OF HIS HO...
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...
PSALM 48 THE ARGUMENT This Psalm was composed upon the occasion of some eminent deliverance vouchsafed by God to the city of Jerusalem from some potent enemy and dreadful danger; either that in Jehosh...
Psalms 48:1 Song H7892 Psalm H4210 sons H1121 Korah H7141 Great H1419 LORD H3068 greatly H3966 praised H1984 (H8794) city H5892 God H430 holy H6944 mountain H2022 for - or, of, Psalms 46:1 Great - Ps...
THE GREATNESS OF GOD AND THE BEAUTY OF THE PLACE WHICH REPRESENTS HIS DWELLING AMONG MEN (PSALMS 48:1). Psalms 48:13 ‘Great is YHWH, and greatly to be praised, In the city of our God, in his holy m...
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, w...
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...
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...
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...
_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 o...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 48:1. Like Psalms 46:1, Psalms 48:1 is a hymn celebrating Zion as God’s special city, which he defends for the sake of the world. It remembers some great event, in which Gen...
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_ th...
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...
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...
2 Chronicles 20:1; Hebrews 12:22; Isaiah 2:2; Isaiah 2:3; Isaiah 27:13; Jeremiah 31:23; Micah 4:1; Matthew 24:15; Nehemiah 9:5; Obadiah 1:17
The city — In Jerusalem. Mountain — In his holy mountain....