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Psalm 48:2
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2 It is ·high and beautiful [beautiful in elevation]
    ·and brings joy to [L the joy of] the whole world [Lam. 2:15].
Mount Zion ·is like the high mountains [L on the sides] of ·the north [or Zaphon; C comparing Yahweh’s mountain with the mountain of Baal];
    it is the city of the Great King.

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Psalm 48:2
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2 Beautiful(A) in its loftiness,
    the joy of the whole earth,
like the heights of Zaphon[a](B) is Mount Zion,(C)
    the city of the Great King.(D)

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  1. Psalm 48:2 Zaphon was the most sacred mountain of the Canaanites.
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Psalm 48:2
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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.

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