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Verse Psalms 48:8. _AS WE HAVE HEARD, SO HAVE WE SEEN_] Our fathers
have declared what mighty works thou didst in their time; and we have
seen the same. God has often interposed and afforded us a most...
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AS WE HAVE HEARD, SO HAVE WE SEEN - That is, What has been told us, or
handed down by tradition, in regard to the strength and safety of the
city - what our fathers have told us respecting its sacredn...
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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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Jehovah's revelation of Himself as Zion's protector in the recent
discomfiture of her enemies....
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Experience has confirmed what tradition (cp. Psalms 44:1) related of
God's marvellous works on behalf of His people, and justifies the
confidence that He will never cease to guard the city of His choi...
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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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_AS WE HAVE HEARD, SO HAVE WE SEEN IN THE CITY OF THE LORD OF HOSTS,
IN THE CITY OF OUR GOD: GOD WILL ESTABLISH IT FOR EVER. SELAH._
As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts...
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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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AS WE HAVE HEARD, SO HAVE WE SEEN] History has repeated itself....
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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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AS WE HAVE HEARD. — The generations of a religious nation are
“bound each to each by natural piety.” Probably here the ancient
tale of the overthrow of Pharaoh and his host recurred to the poet’s
mind...
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_[Psalms 48:9]_ כַּ אֲשֶׁ֤ר שָׁמַ֨עְנוּ ׀
כֵּ֤ן רָאִ֗ינוּ...
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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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As we have (h) heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of
hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
(h) That is, of our fathers: so have we proved: or God has perfo...
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No. Protestants, "none of them can by any means redeem his brother;
nor, &c. (Haydock) --- But the Septuagint translate as well, and the
sense is the same, Matthew xvi. 26. (Berthier) --- If Jesus Chr...
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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...
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_THE CITY OF OUR GOD_
‘As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts,
in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever.’
Psalms 48:8
I. FIRST, ‘WE HAVE HEARD’ OF THE HONO...
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8._As we have heard, so have we seen. _There are two senses in which
this passage may be understood, either of which is suitable. The first
is, that the sacred writer, speaking in the name of true bel...
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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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AS WE HAVE HEARD, SO HAVE WE SEEN,.... These are the words of the
people of God making their observations on the above things; and so
Aben Ezra and Kimchi understand them of the people of Israel; and...
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As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in
the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
Ver. 8. _As we have heard_] viz. By the relation of our forefathers,...
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_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...
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As we have heard, in reports brought to them concerning former
deliverances, SO HAVE WE SEEN IN THE CITY OF THE LORD OF HOSTS, who
has all the heavenly armies under His command, IN THE CITY OF OUR GOD...
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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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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...
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The predictions of the prophets, either 2 CHRONICLES 20:14, or 2 KINGS
19:20, &c., have been verified by the events. Or, we have had late and
fresh experiences of such wonderful works of God, as befor...
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Psalms 48:8 heard H8085 (H8804) seen H7200 (H8804) city H5892 LORD
H3068 hosts H6635 city H5892 God...
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GOD'S PEOPLE REJOICE IN THE SECURITY OF THE CITY OF GOD NOW EVIDENCED
NOT JUST BY HEARSAY BUT ALSO BY WHAT THEY HAD THEMSELVES SEEN (PSALMS
48:8).
Psalms 48:8
‘As we have heard, so have we seen,
In...
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Psalms 48:8
I. First, "we have heard" of the honour of the Church as included in
that testimony of Jesus which is the spirit of prophecy, the very
groundwork of the Psalter. We hear our Lord's own pre...
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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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_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...
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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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Isaiah 2:2; Isaiah 38:19; Micah 4:1; Matthew 16:18; Psalms 44:1;...
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Heard — The predictions of the prophets have been verified by the
events. Establish — God will defend her in all succeeding ages. And
so God would have done, if Jerusalem had not forsaken him, and
for...