New English Translation
Psalms 48:14
14For God, our God, is our defender forever! He guides us!
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! Encircle it! Count its towers! 13Consider its defenses! Walk through its fortresses, so you can tell the next generation about it! For God, our God, is our defender forever! He guides us!
Read all of Psalms 48Psalms 48:14 word by word
כִּ֤י זֶ֨ה׀ אֱלֹהִ֣ים אֱ֭לֹהֵינוּ עוֹלָ֣ם וָעֶ֑ד ה֖וּא יְנַהֲגֵ֣נוּ עַל־מֽוּת׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 48:14
- Psalms 16:2I say to the Lord, “You are the Lord, my only source of well-being.”
- Psalms 31:14But I trust in you, O Lord! I declare, “You are my God!”
- Psalms 73:24You guide me by your wise advice, and then you will lead me to a position of honor.
- Lamentations 3:21But this I call to mind; therefore I have hope: ח (Khet)
- Psalms 23:3He restores my strength. He leads me down the right paths for the sake of his reputation.
- Psalms 25:9May he show the humble what is right! May he teach the humble his way!
- Proverbs 8:20I walk in the path of righteousness, in the pathway of justice,
- Isaiah 58:11The Lord will continually lead you; he will feed you even in parched regions. He will give you renewed strength, and you will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring that continually produces water.
- John 16:13But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. For he will not speak on his own authority, but will speak whatever he hears, and will tell you what is 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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