Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 48:9
Thought — It hath been the matter of our serious and deep meditation, when we have been worshipping in thy temple.
Thought — It hath been the matter of our serious and deep meditation, when we have been worshipping in thy temple.
Verse Psalms 48:9. _WE HAVE THOUGHT OF THY LOVING-KINDNESS_] We went to thy temple to worship thee; we meditated on thy goodness; we waited for a display of it; and the panic that in the first instanc...
WE HAVE THOUGHT OF THY LOVING-KINDNESS, O GOD - We have reflected on, or meditated on. The word used here literally means “to compare, to liken;” and this idea is perhaps always implied when it is use...
Psalms 48 The Judgment of the Nations and the Millennium _ 1. Jerusalem the city of the King (Psalms 48:1)_ 2. The confederated nations scattered (Psalms 48:4) 3. The millennium ...
XLVIII. A PSALM WHICH DESCRIBES THE IMPRESSION MADE ON A PILGRIM BY HIS VISIT TO ZION. Psalms 48:1 f. Praise of Zion. SIDES OF THE NORTH is hard to comprehend. It has been explained as contrasting Zio...
THOUGHT. been silent (Hebrew. _damah),_ or stood still (Psalms 46:10) and rested in thought. midst. Same word as in Psalms 46:5....
We have thought on thy lovingkindness, O God, realised it to ourselves as manifested in this new deliverance, while we offered our thanksgivings in the Temple courts; for there, in the immediate prese...
The lessons of deliverance....
WE HAVE THOUGHT OF THY LOVING-KINDNESS— _We were waiting for thy loving-kindness._ Green....
PSALMS 48 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Jehovah Worthy to be Praised in his Holy City, whose History rebounds to the Honour of her Shepherd-King, who will yet Lead Israel against Death. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psa...
_WE HAVE THOUGHT OF THY LOVINGKINDNESS, O GOD, IN THE MIDST OF THY TEMPLE._ The second part: separated from the first by the "Selah" (Psalms 48:8). WE HAVE THOUGHT OF THY LOVING-KINDNESS, O GOD, IN...
This Ps. celebrates the safety and glory of Jerusalem, and the praise of her divine King. The deliverance He has wrought is vividly portrayed, and we can hardly fail to recognise that the overthrow of...
PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
THY TEMPLE. — This verse seems to indicate a liturgic origin for the psalm....
_[Psalms 48:10]_ דִּמִּ֣ינוּ אֱלֹהִ֣ים חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ בְּ֝ קֶ֗רֶב...
Psalms 48:1 THE situation seems the same as in Psalms 46:1, with which this psalm has many points of contact. In both we have the same triumph, the same proud affection for the holy city and sanctuary...
“THE CITY OF OUR GOD” Psalms 48:1 This psalm also probably dates from 2 Chronicles 20:20. Tekoa was only three hours' march from Jerusalem and commanded an extensive view, so that Psalms 48:4 were li...
In Psa 46:1-11 the dominant note was of confidence, because of the government of God in the midst of His people. This is a song describing the experience resulting from such government. It is the anth...
And shall labour for ever, &c. This seems to be a continuation of the foregoing sentence; as much as to say, no man can by any price or ransom, prolong his life, that so he may still continue to labou...
Here the prophecy and the accomplishment of prophecy the church by faith enjoys and celebrates. The prophets had foretold what God would do for Zion. And, saith the church, blessed be Zion's king, he...
9_O God! we have waited for thy mercy _This verse teaches us that the faithful were preserved by the power of God; for, when all things were in a state of the greatest confusion, they continued tranqu...
Psalms 48 completes this series. Jehovah is fully established as Israel's God in Zion, now the praise of the whole earth, the city of the great King, and in whose palaces God is well known as a refuge...
WE HAVE THOUGHT OF THY LOVINGKINDNESS, O GOD,.... Jarchi interprets it, "we have waited for thy lovingkindness"; to see thy salvation; and some, as Ben Melech observes, explain it of hope and expectat...
We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple. Ver. 9. _We have thought upon thy lovingkindness_] Heb. We have silently mused or minded, as being amazed, or rather amazed,...
_As we have heard, so have we seen_ The predictions of the prophets have been verified by the events. Or, we have had late and fresh experience of such wonderful works of God, as before we only heard...
We have thought of, by reflecting upon this deliverance and other manifestations of God's mercy, THY LOVING-KINDNESS, O GOD, IN THE MIDST OF THY TEMPLE, the grace and goodness revealed in His Church....
ZION AS A TYPE OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. A song and psalm for the sons of Korah, written by one of their number to set forth the privileges and blessings of God's dominion in His Church....
8-14 We have here the improvement which the people of God are to make of his glorious and gracious appearances for them. Let our faith in the word of God be hereby confirmed. Let our hope of the stab...
It hath been the matter of our serious and deep meditation, when we have been worshipping there in thy temple. For when the priests were offering incense or sacrifice, the religious people exercised t...
Psalms 48:9 thought H1819 (H8765) God H430 kindness H2617 midst H7130 temple H1964 thought - Psalm
HAVING MEDITATED ON WHAT HAS HAPPENED, GOD'S PEOPLE NOW DECLARE THEIR CONFIDENCE IN GOD (PSALMS 48:9). Psalms 48:9 ‘We have thought on your covenant love, O God, In the midst of your temple. As is...
Psalms 48 There is one event, and only one, in Jewish history which corresponds point for point to the details of this Psalm the crushing destruction of the Assyrian army under Sennacherib. We may, wi...
A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah. It is not every Psalm that is a song, for some Psalms are full of sorrow and it is not every song that is a Psalm, for, alas! there are many songs that are mere...
Psalms 48:1. _Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness. Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of...
CONTENTS: Praise of the beauty and strength of Mount Zion, the city of God. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: There is one city which is the world's star (Jerusalem), the most precious pearl of...
Title. _A psalm for the sons of Korah._ Asaph being dead, and his sons not named, we infer that the psalm, as many think, was composed on the Assyrian invasion; for then God was truly great in Zion, i...
_We have thought of Thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of Thy temple._ THOUGHT--ITS HIGHEST THEME AND MATERIAL AID Three points stand out distinctly in the text, all of which are closely connec...
_As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of Hosts, in the city of our God._ “AS WE HAVE HEARD, SO HAVE WE SEEN” This is seldom true. In many places we see what we have not heard, a...
_Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised._ A SONG OF DELIVERANCE The psalm has manifestly some historical basis. What is it? The psalm gives these points--a formidable muster before Jerusalem of...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 48:1. Like Psalms 46:1, Psalms 48:1 is a hymn celebrating Z
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 48:9 The people assembled for worship reflect on how God has displayed his STEADFAST LOVE in delivering and preserving them as his people. He called them so that his PRAISE might...
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_. “_A Song and Psalm_.” “It is not easy,” says Barnes, “to account for this double appellation, or to distinguish between the meaning of these words, though _probably_ the...
EXPOSITION HERE we have another psalm of thanksgiving for a deliverance, but not apparently for the same deliverance as gave occasion for either of the two preceding psalms. Israel had now been delive...
Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountains of his holiness. Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, th...
2 Chronicles 20:5; Isaiah 26:8; Luke 22:19; Luke 22:20; Psalms 104: