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Psalms 48:3
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God is known as a strongholdin its citadels.
God has shown himself in her citadels as a refuge.
God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
Within her citadels God has made himself known as a fortress.
God is within its palaces; he is known as its defender.
God is in its fortresses; he reveals himself as its defender.
God, in her palaces, Has made Himself known as a stronghold.
In its palaces, God has made Himself known as a stronghold.
God has shown himself in her citadels as a refuge.
In the palaces thereof God is knowen for a refuge.
God, in her palaces,Has made Himself known as a stronghold.
God is in her citadels; He has shown Himself to be a fortress.
beautiful in its elevation, the joy of all the earth, Mount Tziyon, in the far north, the city of the great king.
God is known in her palaces as a high fortress.
In the palaces of that city, God is known as the fortress.
God shows his might in her walled cities.
God has shown that there is safety with him inside the fortresses of the city.
God is in her citadels; he is known as a high stronghold.
God is known in her strongholds for a refuge.
God is well knowne in hir palaces, yt he is the defence of the same.
God hath made himself known in her palaces for a refuge.
In its buildings God is seen to be a high tower.
Fair in situation, the joy of the whole earth;
God is knowen in her palaces for a refuge.
God is well knowen in her palaces: as a most sure refuge.
God is known in her palaces, when he undertakes to help her.
God hath made himself known in her palaces for a refuge.
God schal be knowun in the housis therof; whanne he schal take it.
God has made himself known in her palaces for a refuge.
God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
God is in her palaces; He is known as her refuge.
God himself is in Jerusalem's towers, revealing himself as its defender.
God has made Himself known as a safe place in that city.
Within its citadels God has shown himself a sure defense.
God, in her palaces, is to be known as a high tower.
(47-4) In her houses shall God be known, when he shall protect her.
Within her citadels God has shown himself a sure defense.
God in her high places is known for a tower.
God, in her palaces, Has made Himself known as a stronghold.
Contextual Overview
(A song and a psalm for the people of Korah.)
The Lord God is wonderful! He deserves all praise in the city where he lives. His holy mountain, 2 beautiful and majestic, brings joy to all on earth. Mount Zion, truly sacred, is home for the Great King. 3 God is there to defend it and has proved to be its protector. 4 Kings joined forces to attack the city, 5 but when they saw it, they were terrified and ran away. 6 They trembled all over like women giving birth 7 or like seagoing ships wrecked by eastern winds.Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Psalms 76:1-5, Psalms 125:1, 2 Chronicles 12:7, 2 Chronicles 14:9-15, 2 Chronicles 20:1-37, Isaiah 4:5, Isaiah 4:6, Isaiah 37:33-36, Zechariah 2:4, Zechariah 2:5
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 33:27 - refuge 1 Samuel 18:12 - afraid 2 Samuel 22:51 - the tower 1 Chronicles 19:19 - would Psalms 9:9 - The Lord Psalms 46:11 - the God Psalms 87:3 - Glorious Psalms 122:7 - within thy palaces Psalms 145:1 - my God Jeremiah 6:5 - let us destroy Lamentations 1:6 - from Ezekiel 48:35 - The Lord
Cross-References
Abram was ninety-nine years old when the Lord appeared to him again and said, "I am God All-Powerful. If you obey me and always do right,
I pray that God All-Powerful will bless you with many descendants and let you become a great nation.
Any children you have later will be considered yours, but their inheritance will come from Ephraim and Manasseh.
Unfortunately, your mother Rachel died in Canaan after we had left northern Syria and before we reached Bethlehem. And I had to bury her along the way.
Then Joseph made his sons move away from Jacob's knees, and Joseph bowed down in front of him with his face to the ground.
But his father said, "Son, I know what I am doing. It's true that Manasseh's family will someday become a great nation. But Ephraim will be even greater than Manasseh, because his descendants will become many great nations."
But when I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, I came as God All-Powerful and did not use my name.
At Bethel, Jacob wrestled with an angel and won; then with tears in his eyes, he asked for a blessing, and God spoke to us there.
The glory of God made the city bright. It was dazzling and crystal clear like a precious jasper stone.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
God is known in her palaces for a refuge. As there were palaces in Jerusalem; see Psalms 48:13; so there are in the church of Christ; every place in it is a palace fit for a king; and everyone that has truly a name and a place there are kings and priests unto God: and here God is a "refuge" both for saints and sinners to fly unto;
Psalms 48:13- :; and is "known" to be so; the ministers of the Gospel being here appointed to direct and encourage souls to flee to Christ for refuge, who is the hope set before them in the everlasting Gospel, preached by them to lay hold upon; and all that do flee to him know, by experience, that he is a refuge for them; and as all the people of God do in every time of distress, and when all refuge fails them elsewhere.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
God 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 abodes as his special residence - as the place where he might be found.
For a refuge - See the notes at Psalms 46:1. That is, there was safety or security in the God who had chosen Jerusalem as his special abode.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 48:3. God 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 defence of her palaces; and with this view of the subject agree the three following verses.
