According to thy name... — “Name” here has plainly the meaning we give it in the phrase, “name and fame.” God’s praise was up to the reputation His great deeds had won. (Comp. Psalms 138:2.)
Thy right hand is full of righteousness. — Not like Jove’s, as heathen say, full of thunderbolts, but of justice.
Verse Psalms 48:10. _ACCORDING TO THY NAME_] As far as thou art known, so far art thou praised; and where thou art known, thou _wilt_ have praise to the end of the earth. And why? "Thy right hand is f...
ACCORDING TO THY NAME, O GOD, SO IS THY PRAISE - That is, as far as thy name is known, it will be praised; or, the effect of knowing it will be to inspire praise. A just view of thy character and doin...
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...
NAME. See note on Psalms 20:1....
The lessons of deliverance....
_According to thy name_ As is thy name (R.V.). God's revelation of His power and lovingkindness receives worldwide celebration. Cp. Isaiah 33:13. To other nations beside Judah the destruction of the g...
THY RIGHT HAND, &C.— _Righteousness consecrates thee._...
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...
_ACCORDING TO THY NAME, O GOD, SO IS THY PRAISE UNTO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH: THY RIGHT HAND IS FULL OF RIGHTEOUSNESS._ According to thy name ... so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth - As thy ma...
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...
RV 'As is thy name.. so is thy praise.' God's name is His revealed character, which now receives due recognition and response from the whole world....
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...
_[Psalms 48:11]_ כְּ שִׁמְךָ֤ אֱלֹהִ֗ים כֵּ֣ן תְּ֭הִלָּתְךָ...
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...
According to thy name, O God, so [is] thy praise unto the ends of the (i) earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness. (i) In all places where your Name will be heard of, men will praise you when...
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...
10._As is thy name, O God! so is thy praise _Some connect this verse with the preceding sentence, as if it had been said, Lord, it is not in vain that thou hast enjoined upon us the duty of celebratin...
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...
ACCORDING TO THY NAME, O GOD, SO [IS] THY PRAISE UNTO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH,.... That is, as he himself is in the perfections of his nature, which are displayed in the works of his bands, throughout t...
According to thy name, O God, so [is] thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness. Ver. 10. _According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise_] _i.e._ It is infinite...
_According to thy name, so is thy praise_ Thou art acknowledged, and evidently proved, to be such a one as thou hast affirmed thyself to be in thy word, _God Almighty_, or _All-sufficient, the Lord of...
According to Thy name, O God, as it is proclaimed and glorified by the preaching of the Word, by setting forth the nature and the attributes of God, SO IS THY PRAISE UNTO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH, wherev...
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...
For this and such-like glorious actions thou art praised and acknowledged, and evidently proved to be such a one as thou hast affirmed thyself to be in thy word, _God almighty, or all-sufficient, the...
Psalms 48:10 name H8034 God H430 praise H8416 ends H7099 earth H776 hand H3225 full H4390 (H8804) righteousness...
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...
_Thy right hand is full of righteousness._ RIGHTEOUSNESS In the classic pictures of the gods, some held in the right hand an olive branch, some a sceptre, Neptune a trident, Apollo arrows, Mercury a...
_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...
Deuteronomy 28:58; Exodus 3:13; Exodus 34:5; Joshua 7:9; Malachi 1:11
So — Thou art acknowledged to be such an one as thou hast affirmed thyself to be in thy Word, God Almighty, or All — sufficient, the Lord of hosts, and a strong tower to all that trust in thee. Righte...