Psalms 48:13

Psalms 48:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.
• New International Version (NIV)consider well her ramparts, view her citadels, that you may tell of them to the next generation.
• English Standard Version (ESV)consider well her ramparts, go through her citadels, that you may tell the next generation
• New King James Version (NKJV)Mark well her bulwarks; Consider her palaces; That you may tell it to the generation following.

Context of Psalms 48:13

11Mount Zion shall be glad, The daughters of Judah shall rejoice Because of Your judgments. 12Walk around Zion and encircle her; Count her towers; Consider her ramparts; Go through her palaces, So that you may tell of her to the next generation. 14For such is God, Our God forever and ever; He will lead us until death.

Psalms 48:13 word by word

שִׁ֤יתוּ לִבְּכֶ֨ם׀ לְֽחֵילָ֗ה פַּסְּג֥וּ אַרְמְנוֹתֶ֑יהָ לְמַ֥עַן תְּ֝סַפְּר֗וּ לְד֣וֹר אַחֲרֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear

• Considerשִׁיתshîyth · to set: considerH7896
• Considerלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• rampartsחֵלchêyl chêl · rampartH2426
• Goפָּסַגpâsag · to go throughH6448
• her palacesאַרְמוֹן'armôn · citadel: palaceH759
• Soמַ֫עַןma‛an · becauseH4616
• tellסָפַרsâphar · to recountH5608
• to the nextאַחֲרוֹן'achăryôn 'achărôn · lastH314
• generationדּוֹרdôr dôr · generationH1755

Cross-references for Psalms 48:13

• Isaiah 58:12Those from among you will rebuild the ancient ruins; You will raise up the age-old foundations; And you will be called the repairer of the breach, The restorer of the streets in which to dwell.
• Amos 9:11“On that day I will raise up the fallen shelter of David, And wall up its gaps; I will also raise up its ruins And rebuild it as in the days of old;
• Acts 15:14Simeon has described how God first concerned Himself about taking a people for His name from among the Gentiles.
• Psalms 71:18And even when I am old and gray, God, do not abandon me, Until I declare Your strength to this generation, Your power to all who are to come.
• Psalms 78:4We will not conceal them from their children, But we will tell the generation to come the praises of the Lord, And His power and His wondrous works that He has done.
• Deuteronomy 11:19You shall also teach them to your sons, speaking of them when you sit in your house, when you walk along the road, when you lie down, and when you get up.
• Joel 1:3Tell your sons about it, And have your sons tell their sons, And their sons the next generation.

Commentaries on Psalms 48:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Mark ye well her bulwarks - See the redoubts by which she is defended. Consider her palaces - See her courts, chambers, altars, etc., etc.; make an exact register of the whole, that ye may have to tell to your children how Jerusalem was built in troublesome times; how God restored you; and how he put it into the hearts of the heathen to assist to build, beautify, and adorn the temple of our God.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Mark ye well her bulwarks - Margin, as in Hebrew, “Set your heart to her bulwarks.” That is, Pay close attention to them; make the investigation with care, not as one does whose heart is not in the thing, and who does it negligently. The word rendered “bulwarks” - חיל chêyl - means, properly, a host or army, and then a fortification or entrenchment, especially the “ditch” or “trench,” with the low wall or breastwork which surrounds it: 2 Samuel 20:15…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. 12-13towers … ramparts … citadel: These structures show Zion's strength.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