Psalms 48:8 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 48:8

As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the LORD of Hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish her forever. Selah

BSB

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ASV

As we have heard, so have we seen In the city of Jehovah of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. [Selah

KJV

As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.

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Commentary

4 voices

Ambrose of Milan

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

Outside the city, we have heard. Inside the city, we have seen. God is the eternal light of this city. The light of day shines there without the sun we know in this world, and of the moon there is no need. The foundation of this city belongs not to time but to eternity.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Let our hope of the stability and perpetuity of the church be hereby encouraged. "From what we have seen, compared with what we have heard, in the city of our God, we may conclude that God will establish it for ever." This was not fulfilled in Jerusalem (that city was long since destroyed, and all its glory laid in the dust), but has its accomplishment in the gospel church.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 2 (1870)

As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God. Our father's stories are reproduced before our very eyes. We heard the promise, and we have seen the fulfilment. The records of Zion, wonderful as they are, are proved to be truthful, because present facts are in perfect harmony therewith. Note how the Lord is first spoken of as Lord of hosts, a name of power and sovereignty, and then as our God, a name of covenant relation and condescension.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2014: “"As We Have Heard, So Have We Seen"” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1888)

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר	ka.'a.Sher	just as	H834 →
שָׁמַ֨עְנוּ׀	sha.Ma'.nu	we have heard	H8085 →
כֵּ֤ן	ken	so	H3651 →
רָאִ֗ינוּ	ra.'I.nu	we have seen	H7200 →
בְּעִיר־	be.'ir-	in [the] city of	H5892 →
יְהוָ֣ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
צְ֭בָאוֹת	Tze.va.'ot	of hosts	H6635 →
בְּעִ֣יר	be.'Ir	in [the] city of	H5892 →
אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ	'e.lo.Hei.nu	God our	H430 →
אֱלֹ֘הִ֤ים	'E.lo.Him	God	H430 →
יְכוֹנְנֶ֖הָ	ye.kho.Ne.ha	he will establish it	H3559 →
עַד־	'ad-	until	H5704 →
עוֹלָ֣ם	o.Lam	perpetuity	H5769 →
סֶֽלָה׃	Se.lah	Selah	H5542 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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
Matthew 16:18
And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
leads to
- Ephesians 2:19–22
  Therefore you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household,
- 1 Corinthians 3:9–11
  For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
- Isaiah 28:16
  So this is what the Lord GOD says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.
- Colossians 1:18
  And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.
- Psalms 125:1–2
  Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.
Through
Psalms 46:5
God is within her; she will not be moved. God will help her when morning dawns.
leads to
- Zechariah 2:5
  For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’”
- Joel 2:27
  Then you will know that I am present in Israel and that I am the LORD your God, and there is no other. My people will never again be put to shame.
- Zephaniah 3:15
  The LORD has taken away your punishment; He has turned back your enemy. Israel’s King, the LORD, is among you; no longer will you fear any harm.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Psalms