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

11Like Your Name, O God, so is Your praise to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is full of righteousness. 12Mount Zion is glad, the daughters of Judah rejoice, because of Your judgments. Walk about Zion, go around her. Count her towers. 14Consider her ramparts, go through her palaces, so you may describe it to the next generation. 15For this God is our God, forever and ever! He will guide us to the end.

Psalms 48:13 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Markשִׁיתshîyth · to set: considerH7896
• ye wellלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• her bulwarksחֵילָהchêylâh · bulwarkH2430
• considerפָּסַגpâsag · to go throughH6448
• her palacesאַרְמוֹן'armôn · citadel: palaceH759
• that ye may tellסָפַרsâphar · to recountH5608
• to the generationדּוֹרdôr dôr · generationH1755
• followingאַחֲרוֹן'achăryôn 'achărôn · lastH314

Cross-references for Psalms 48:13

• Isaiah 58:12Some of you will rebuild the ancient ruins, will raise up the age-old foundations, will be called Repairer of the Breach, Restorer of Streets for Dwelling.
• Amos 9:11“In that day I will raise up David’s fallen sukkah. I will restore its breaches, raise up its ruins, and rebuild it as in days of old
• Acts 15:14Simon has described how God first showed His concern by taking from the Gentiles a people for His Name.
• Psalms 71:18So even until I am old and gray, O God, do not forsake me, till I tell of Your strong arm to the next generation, Your might to all who are to come.
• Psalms 78:4We will not hide them from their children, telling to the next generation the praises of Adonai and His strength and the wonders He has done.
• Deuteronomy 11:19You are to teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down and when you rise up.
• Joel 1:3Tell your children about it— your children to their children, their children to another 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