Psalm 48:2-4
EasyEnglish Bible
2 That place is high up and it is beautiful.
It brings joy to the whole world.
Mount Zion is the city of the great King.
It is where the true God lives.[a]
3 God is there in its strong places
and he keeps the city safe.
4 Look! There are kings of other nations
who join together to attack our city.
Footnotes
- 48:2 The holy mountain is Mount Zion, where they built the temple. It was the home of Israel's true God, as other nations thought about Zaphon mountain. That was where other nations thought that their gods came down to the earth. The writer is saying that Jerusalem is the real Zaphon, where the Lord lives.
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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