Psalms 48:2 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 48:2

Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, Is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, The city of the great King.

KJV

Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.

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Commentary

4 voices

Ambrose of Milan

Commentaries on the Twelve Davidic Psalms, On Psalm 48 (397)

Truly the Lord is called great. For consider, he has poured exaltation and joy over all the orb of this earth where previously the land produced the most dreadful growth of sin; he has made joyful the earth that once abounded in sorrow, tears and groans. Now our conscience is set free from sin and can rejoice. Before this it was unhappy, it was drowned in the whirlpool of its own sin; but now, through the goodness and kindness of Christ, it is absolved from all error.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

The joy - This is spoken prophetically, because the joyful doctrine of the gospel was to go from thence to all nations. The city - Of God, who justly calls himself a great king.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The situation must needs be every way agreeable, when Infinite Wisdom chose it for the place of the sanctuary; and that which made it beautiful was that it was the mountain of holiness, for there is a beauty in holiness.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 2 (1870)

Beautiful for situation. Jerusalem was so naturally, she was styled the Queen of the East; the church is so spiritually, being placed near God's heart, within the mountain of his power, upon the hills of his faithfulness, in the centre of providential operations. The elevation of the church is her beauty. The more she is above the world the fairer she is. The joy of the whole earth is Mount Zion. Jerusalem was the world's star; whatever light lingered on earth was borrowed from the oracles preserved by Israel.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
יְפֵ֥ה	ye.Peh	[it is] beautiful of	H3303 →
נוֹף֮	nOf	height	H5131 →
מְשׂ֪וֹשׂ	me.Sos	[the] joy of	H4885 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הָ֫אָ֥רֶץ	ha.'A.retz	the earth	H776 →
הַר־	har-	[the] mountain of	H2022 →
צִ֭יּוֹן	Tzi.yon	Zion	H6726 →
יַרְכְּתֵ֣י	yar.ke.Tei	[the] remotest parts of	H3411 →
צָפ֑וֹן	tza.Fon	Zaphon	H6828 →
קִ֝רְיַ֗ת	kir.Yat	[the] town of	H7151 →
מֶ֣לֶךְ	Me.lekh	[the] king	H4428 →
רָֽב׃	Rav	great	H7227 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Hebrews 12:22
Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels
leads to
- Philippians 3:20
  But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
- Galatians 4:26
  But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.
- Revelation 14:1
  Then I looked and saw the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and His Father’s name written on their foreheads.
Through
Isaiah 14:13
You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of…
leads to
- Daniel 8:10–12
  It grew as high as the host of heaven, and it cast down some of the host and some of the stars to the earth, and trampled them.
- Ezekiel 28:2
  “Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of…
Through
Psalms 50:2
From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.
leads to
- Revelation 21:23
  And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.
- Psalms 80:1
  Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth
- Revelation 1:16
  He held in His right hand seven stars, and a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.