Psalm 48:12
Verse 12 of 14. The 48th of 150 chapters in Psalms, in Poetry and Wisdom.
8As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
9We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
10According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
11Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
12Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
13Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.
14For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.
Psalm 48:12 in the World English Bible
Walk about Zion, and go around her. Number its towers.Read Psalm 48:12 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Psalm 48:12
Let us diligently observe the instances and evidences of the church's beauty, strength, and safety, and faithfully transmit our observations to those that shall come after us (v. 12, 13): Walk about Zion. Some think this refers to the ceremony of the triumph; let those who are employed in that solemnity walk round the walls (as they did, Neh. xii. 31), singing and praising God. In doing this let them tell the towers and mark well the bulwarks, 1.
Read Matthew Henry on Psalm 48:8–14: God's Care of His Church.
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