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Verse Psalms 48:2. _THE JOY OF THE WHOLE EARTH_] Commentators have
been greatly puzzled to show in what sense Zion, or the temple, could
be said to be the _joy of the whole earth_. If we take the ear...
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BEAUTIFUL FOR SITUATION - The word rendered “situation” - נוף
_nôph_ - means properly “elevation, height,” (Ges. Lexicon); and
the idea here is, that the mountain referred to is “beautiful for
elevat...
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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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SITUATION. elevation.
EARTH: or land.
MOUNT ZION. Immediately south of Moriah. See App-68.
THE SIDES OF THE NORTH: i.e. with Moriah and the Temple immediately on
the north side.
THE CITY OF THE GRE...
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The theme of the Psalm: the greatness of Jehovah and the glory of His
city....
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_Beautiful for situation_ Rather, as R.V., beautiful in elevation. Cp.
Psalms 50:2. "Its elevation," writes Dean Stanley, "is remarkable;
occasioned not from its being on the summit of one of the nume...
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BEAUTIFUL FOR SITUATION, &C.— The expression of mount Sion's being
_the joy of the whole earth,_ seems to allude to the promise made to
the patriarch, that in his seed all the nations of the earth sho...
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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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_BEAUTIFUL FOR SITUATION, THE JOY OF THE WHOLE EARTH, IS MOUNT ZION,
ON THE SIDES OF THE NORTH, THE CITY OF THE GREAT KING._
Beautiful for situation - rather, 'in its elevation' х_ NOWP_
(H5131)]. In...
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48:2 earth, (h-9) Or 'land,' _ erets_ . see 1 Samuel 2:8 ....
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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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SITUATION. — Heb., _nôph._ A word only found here, but explained
from a cognate Arabic word to mean _elevation._ And this feature is
quite distinctive enough of Jerusalem to lend confirmation to this...
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_[Psalms 48:3]_ יְפֵ֥ה נֹוף֮ מְשֹׂ֪ושׂ כָּל
־הָ֫...
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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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Beautiful for situation, the (c) joy of the whole earth, [is] mount
Zion, [on] the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
(c) Because the word of salvation came there to all who would believ...
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Beautiful and distinguished indeed is the church, the gospel church of
Jesus. Is this Zion, said some of old, whom no man looketh after? Yes!
But where are those cities the world hath been running aft...
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2._Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion
_For the confirmation of the statement made in the preceding sentence,
the prophet celebrates the excellencies for which mount Zio...
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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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BEAUTIFUL FOR SITUATION,.... This, and what follows, are said of the
city of God, the city of Jerusalem, which was delightfully situated on
an eminence, in a wholesome air; the brook Kidron gliding by...
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Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, [is] mount Zion,
[on] the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
Ver. 2. _Beautiful for situation_] A beautiful nymph, so R. Solomon.
Or,...
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_Beautiful for situation is mount Zion_ A beautiful place it is, which
he hath chosen for his habitation; and that which especially renders
it beautiful is, that it is the mountain of God's holiness,...
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Beautiful for situation, elevated for the sake of bringing out the
beauty of its location on the hill, THE JOY OF THE WHOLE EARTH, as it
deserves to be according to the opinion of the spiritual Israel...
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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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THE JOY OF THE WHOLE EARTH: Jerusalem may be so called here, as it is
also LAMENTATIONS 2:15, not actually, as if all people did rejoice in
it, or for it; but,
1. Fundamentally or causally, because he...
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Psalms 48:2 Beautiful H3303 elevation H5131 joy H4885 earth H776 Mount
H2022 Zion H6726 sides H3411 north H6828 city...
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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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_Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth is Mount Zion._
SPIRITUAL NATIONALITY
I. A rehearsal of Jewish history. This is necessary in order to
understand the inner meaning of this psalm....
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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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Daniel 11:16; Daniel 8:9; Ezekiel 20:6; Hebrews 12:22; Isaiah 14:13;...
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The joy — This is spoken prophetically, because the joyful doctrine
of the gospel was to go from thence to all nations. The city — Of
God, who justly calls himself a great king....