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PSALM XLVIII
_The ornaments and the privileges of the Church_, 1-8.
_The duty of God's people_, 9-14.
NOTES ON PSALM XLVIII
The _title_: _A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah_. To which the
_Vu...
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GREAT IS THE LORD - That is, he is high and exalted; he is a Being of
great power and glory. He is not weak and feeble, like the idols
worshipped by other nations. He is able to defend his people; he...
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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 ...
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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...
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TITLE.. SONG. Hebrew. _Shir_. See App-65.
PSALM. Hebrew. _mizmor._ See App-65.
FOR THE SONS OF KORAH. See App-63. The fifth of nine so ascribed; and
the last of the four Psalms celebrating the deliv...
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_greatly to be praised_ The R.V. returns to Coverdale's rendering
(P.B.V.), highly to be praised. The same emphatic adverb occurs in
each of the two preceding Pss. God has proved Himself to be an
_exc...
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The theme of the Psalm: the greatness of Jehovah and the glory of His
city....
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_The ornaments and privileges of the church._
A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah.
_TITLE._ קרח לבני מזמור שׁיר _SHIIR MIZMOR LIBNEI
KORACH._— This is a triumphant hymn, the author of which is not...
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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...
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_GREAT IS THE LORD, AND GREATLY TO BE PRAISED IN THE CITY OF OUR GOD,
IN THE MOUNTAIN OF HIS HOLINESS._
Psalms 48:1.-Praise-song after deliverance. Jerusalem's special
relation to God, the ground of i...
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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...
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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...
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TO BE PRAISED. — See Psalms 18:3, Note....
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שִׁ֥יר מִ֝זְמֹור לִ בְנֵי ־קֹֽרַח׃
_[Psalms 48:2]_...
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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...
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“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...
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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...
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" (a) A Song [and] Psalm for the sons of Korah." Great [is] the LORD,
and greatly to be praised in the (b) city of our God, [in] the
mountain of his holiness.
(a) Some put this difference between a s...
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_Psalm. St. Ambrose adds, "of David." It is written in an enigmatical
style, like the book of Ecclesiastes, and is very obscure. But the
drift is, to impress the captives with a contempt of worldly gr...
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CONTENTS
The prophet, in a beautiful strain, is here extolling mount Zion. It
should seem to mean principally the Zion of Jesus, the gospel Zion. In
this spiritual sense it is most lovely indeed. He...
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1._Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised. _The prophet, before
proceeding to make mention of that special example of the favor of God
towards them, to which I have adverted, teaches in general t...
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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...
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GREAT [IS] THE LORD,.... The same that in the foregoing psalm is said
to be gone, up to heaven with a shout, to sit on the throne of his
holiness, to reign over the Heathen, and to be King over all th...
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Psalms 48:1 _« A Song [and] Psalm for the sons of Korah. » Great
[is] the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, [in]
the mountain of his holiness._
A Psalm and Song for the sons...
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_Great is the Lord_, &c. Great is the majesty and the power of
Jehovah; who is therefore to be celebrated with the highest praises;
_in the city of our God_ Especially in his own city Jerusalem, and b...
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Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised, in setting forth His fame
in psalms of thanksgiving, IN THE CITY OF OUR GOD, where the
Tabernacle and afterward the Temple stood, IN THE MOUNTAIN OF HIS
HO...
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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....
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1-7 Jerusalem is the city of our God: none on earth render him due
honour except the citizens of the spiritual Jerusalem. Happy the
kingdom, the city, the family, the heart, in which God is great, in...
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PSALM 48 THE ARGUMENT This Psalm was composed upon the occasion of
some eminent deliverance vouchsafed by God to the city of Jerusalem
from some potent enemy and dreadful danger; either that in
Jehosh...
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THE GREATNESS OF GOD AND THE BEAUTY OF THE PLACE WHICH REPRESENTS HIS
DWELLING AMONG MEN (PSALMS 48:1).
Psalms 48:13
‘Great is YHWH, and greatly to be praised,
In the city of our God, in his holy m...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 48:1. Like Psalms 46:1, Psalms 48:1 is a
hymn celebrating Z
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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...
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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...
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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...
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2 Chronicles 20:1; Hebrews 12:22; Isaiah 2:2; Isaiah 2:3; Isaiah 27:1
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The city — In Jerusalem. Mountain — In his holy mountain....