Tree of Life Version
Psalms 48:3
3A beautiful height —the joy of the whole earth— is Mount Zion, on the northern side of the city of the great King.
Psalms 48:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
- New International Version (NIV)God is in her citadels; he has shown himself to be her fortress.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Within her citadels God has made himself known as a fortress.
- New King James Version (NKJV)God is in her palaces; He is known as her refuge.
Context of Psalms 48:3
1A song, a psalm of the sons of Korah. 2Great is Adonai, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God —His holy mountain. A beautiful height —the joy of the whole earth— is Mount Zion, on the northern side of the city of the great King. 4God, in her palaces, is known as a stronghold. 5For behold, the kings assembled, they advanced together.
Read all of Psalms 48Psalms 48:3 word by word
אֱלֹהִ֥ים בְּאַרְמְנוֹתֶ֗יהָ נוֹדַ֥ע לְמִשְׂגָּֽב׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 48:3
- Psalms 76:1For the music director, on stringed instruments: a psalm of Asaph, a song.
- Psalms 125:1A Song of Ascents. Those who trust in Adonai are like Mount Zion— it cannot be moved, but endures forever.
- 2 Chronicles 12:7But when Adonai saw that they humbled themselves, the word of Adonai came to Shemaiah saying: “Since they have humbled themselves, I will not destroy them but grant them some measure of deliverance, and My wrath will not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
- 2 Chronicles 14:9Asa went out to meet him and they arrayed for battle in the valley of Zephath at Mareshah.
- 2 Chronicles 20:1Now it happened after this that the Moabites and the Ammonites together with other Ammonites came to make war against Jehoshaphat.
- Isaiah 4:5then Adonai will create over the whole area of Mount Zion and over her convocations, a cloud by day, and smoke and shining of a flaming fire by night. For over all, glory will be a canopy.
- Isaiah 37:33Therefore thus says Adonai concerning the king of Assyria: “He will not come to the city, or shoot an arrow there, or come before it with a shield, or throw up a siege-ramp against it.
- Zechariah 2:4I asked, ‘What are these coming to do?’ He answered, ‘These are the horns that scattered Judah, so that no one could raise his head, but the craftsmen have come to frighten them, to cast down the horns of the nations that have lifted up their horn against the land of Judah to scatter it.’
Commentaries on Psalms 48:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3God is known in her palaces for a refuge - All those who worship there in spirit and truth, find God for their refuge. But the words may be understood: God is known for the defense of her palaces; and with this view of the subject agree the three following verses.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3God is known in her palaces - The word rendered “palaces” here means properly a fortress, castle, or palace, so called from its height, from a verb, ארם 'âram meaning to elevate, to lift up. It may be applied to any fortified place, and would be particularly applicable to a royal residence, as a castle or stronghold. The word “known” here means that it was well understood, or that the point had been fully tested and determined that God had chosen those…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3God lives in Zion to protect it from all enemies (see Psalm 46:5).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-32-3. situation--literally, "elevation." joy of, &c.--source of joy. sides of the north--poetically for eminent, lofty, distinguished, as the ancients believed the north to be the highest part of the earth (compare Is 14:13).Read the comment
In the dictionaries
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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