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Psalm 48:2-4
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
Psalm 48:2-4
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
2 Fair and beautiful in elevation, is the joy of all the earth—[a]Mount Zion [the City of David], to the northern side [Mount Moriah and the temple], the [whole] city of the Great King!(A)
3 God has made Himself known in her palaces as a Refuge (a High Tower and a Stronghold).
4 For, behold, the kings assembled, they came onward and they passed away together.
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- Psalm 48:2 Psalm 48 is a celebration of the security of Zion. See the beauty of Zion as God’s unconquerable fortress.
Psalm 48:2-4
New International Version
Psalm 48:2-4
New International Version
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)
3 God is in her citadels;(E)
he has shown himself to be her fortress.(F)
4 When the kings joined forces,
when they advanced together,(G)
Footnotes
- Psalm 48:2 Zaphon was the most sacred mountain of the Canaanites.
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