Bible Commentary

Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof. Walk about Zion – This is a call on all persons to go round the city; to take a survey of it; to see how beautiful and how strong it was – how it had escaped all danger, and was uninjured by the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 48:12”

Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments. 11. The R.V. assimilates the rendering to that of Psa 97:8, where the same words recur: Let mount Zion be glad, Let the daughters of Judah rejoice. The daughters of Judah are not the maidens of Judah, though the fact … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 48:11”

According to thy name, O God, so [is] thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness. 10. According to thy name ] As is thy name (R.V.). God’s revelation of His power and lovingkindness receives worldwide celebration. Cp. Isa 33:13. To other nations beside Judah the destruction of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 48:10”

We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple. 9. We have thought on thy lovingkindness, O God, realised it to ourselves as manifested in this new deliverance, while we offered our thanksgivings in the Temple courts; for there, in the immediate presence of God, men learn the true significance … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 48:9”

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 forever. Selah. 8. Experience has confirmed what tradition (cp. Psa 44:1) related of God’s marvellous works on behalf of His people, and justifies the confidence that He will never … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 48:8”

Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind. 7. With an east wind Thou shatterest ships of Tarshish. As he gazes upon the wreck of the Assyrian enterprise, the poet apostrophises God with mingled awe and thankfulness. The language is plainly metaphorical. God’s might is irresistible. He shatters the stately ships of Tarshish … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 48:7”

Fear took hold upon them there, [and] pain, as of a woman in travail. 6. Trembling took hold of them there: Pangs, as of a woman in travail. Cp. Exo 15:14-15; and for the phrase though in a different connexion, Isa 33:14, “Trembling hath taken hold of the godless.” Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 48:6”

They saw [it, and] so they marveled; they were troubled, [and] hasted away. 5. They saw; forthwith they were amazed: They were dismayed, they made haste to flee. Caesar’s boast, Veni, vidi, vici, was reversed. They came to Zion, they saw it, they were smitten with panic terror. Cp. Isa 33:3. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 48:5”

For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together. 4. For, lo, the kings assembled themselves (R.V.): Sennacherib’s vassal kings (Isa 10:8) met at their rendezvous (cp. Psa 2:2): they passed over together; uniting their forces they crossed the frontier and entered the land of Judah. Cp. Isa 8:7-8; Isa 28:15. The rendering passed … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 48:4”

God is known in her palaces for a refuge. 3. More exactly: God hath made himself known in her palaces for a high fortress. This verse is commonly connected with Psa 48:1-2. But Psa 48:1-2 describe the relation of Zion to Jehovah generally, while Psa 48:3 first alludes to the recent deliverance, which is further … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 48:3”