God’s Word Translation
Psalms 48:14
14“This God is our God forever and ever. He will lead us beyond death.”
Psalms 48:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.
- New International Version (NIV)For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end.
- English Standard Version (ESV)that this is God, our God forever and ever. He will guide us forever.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For this is God, Our God forever and ever; He will be our guide Even to death.
Context of Psalms 48:14
12Walk around Zion. Go around it. Count its towers. 13Examine its embankments. Walk through its palaces. Then you can tell the next generation, “This God is our God forever and ever. He will lead us beyond death.”
Read all of Psalms 48Psalms 48:14 word by word
כִּ֤י זֶ֨ה׀ אֱלֹהִ֣ים אֱ֭לֹהֵינוּ עוֹלָ֣ם וָעֶ֑ד ה֖וּא יְנַהֲגֵ֣נוּ עַל־מֽוּת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 48:14
- Psalms 16:2I said to the Lord, “You are my Lord. Without you, I have nothing good.”
- Psalms 31:14I trust you, O Lord. I said, “You are my God.”
- Psalms 73:24With your advice you guide me, and in the end you will take me to glory.
- Lamentations 3:21“The reason I can ⌞still⌟ find hope is that I keep this one thing in mind:
- Psalms 23:3He renews my soul. He guides me along the paths of righteousness for the sake of his name.
- Psalms 25:9He leads humble people to do what is right, and he teaches them his way.
- Proverbs 8:20I walk in the way of righteousness, on the paths of justice,
- Isaiah 58:11The Lord will continually guide you and satisfy you even in sun-baked places. He will strengthen your bones. You will become like a watered garden and like a spring whose water does not stop flowing.
- John 16:13When the Spirit of Truth comes, he will guide you into the full truth. He won’t speak on his own. He will speak what he hears and will tell you about things to come.
Commentaries on Psalms 48:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14For this God - Who did all these wonderful things: - Is our God - He is our portion, and he has taken us for his people. He will be our guide - Through all the snares and difficulties of life: - Even unto death - He will never leave us; and we, by his grace, will never abandon him. He is just such a God as we need; infinite in mercy, goodness, and truth. He is our Father, and we are the sons and daughters of God Almighty. Even unto and in death, he will…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14For this God is our God forever and ever - The God who has thus made his abode in the city, and who has manifested himself as its prorector. It is our comfort to reflect that such a God is “our” God; that he has manifested himself as our friend; that we may habitually feel that he is our own. And he is not only our God now, but he will be such for ever and ever. A feeling that the true God is “our” God - that he is ours and that we are his - always…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-14Verses 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 stability of the church be encouraged. Let our minds be filled with good thoughts of God. All the streams of mercy that flow down to us, must be traced to the fountain of His loving-kindness. Let us give to God the glory of the great things he has done for…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14No one is like God (Psalms 35:10; 71:19; 86:8; 89:6, 8; 113:5; see Isaiah 40:18, 25). He is the shepherd King (Psalm 95:7) who will guide (see 5:8; 23:2) the sheep of his flock (77:20).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-1412-14. The call to survey Zion, or the Church, as a fortified city, is designed to suggest "how well our God secures His fold." This security is perpetual, and its pledge is His guidance through this life.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 48
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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