Psalm 48:2
Verse 2 of 14. The 48th of 150 chapters in Psalms, in Poetry and Wisdom.
1Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
2Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
3God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
4For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
5They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.
6Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
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Psalm 48:2 in the World English Bible
Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is Mount Zion, on the north sides, the city of the great King.Read Psalm 48:2 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Psalm 48:2
It is the city of the great King (v. 2), the King of all the earth, who is pleased to declare himself in a special manner present there. This our Saviour quotes to prove that to swear by Jerusalem is profanely to swear by God himself (Matt. v. 35), for it is the city of the great King, who has chosen it for the special residence of his grace, as heaven is of his glory. 1.
Read Matthew Henry on Psalm 48:1–7: The Beauty and Strength of Zion.
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King James Version. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.