Psalms 48:1
Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
KJV
In finem, filiis Core. Psalmus.
Vulgate
Εἰς τὸ τέλος· τοῖς υἱοῖς Κόρε ψαλμός.
LXX
Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised, In the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
ASV
שִׁ֥יר מִ֝זְמוֹר לִ/בְנֵי קֹֽרַח
Hebrew
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4 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
מִזְמ֥וֹר
mzmvr
noun · 57×
קֹ֑רַח
qrch
proper_noun · 36×
שִׁ֥יר
shyr
noun · 91×
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6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
City of God · 2 passages
Preface, Explaining His Design in Undertaking This Work. The glorious city of God2828 [Augustin uses the term civitas Dei (πόλις θεοῦ) of the church universal as a commonwealth and community founded and governed by God. It is applied in the Bible to Jerusalem or the church of the Old Covenant (Ps. xl. 6, 4; xlviii. 1, 8; lxxxvii. 3), and to the heavenly Jerusalem or the church …
Chapter 1.—Of This Part of the Work, Wherein We Begin to Explain the Origin and End of the Two Cities. The city of God we speak of is the same to which testimony is borne by that Scripture, which excels all the writings of all nations by its divine authority, and has brought under its influence all kinds of minds, and this not by a casual intellectual movement, but obviously by…
1. A certain one of those of moderate talent, who had composed a discourse, stepped forward in the presence of many pastors who were assembled as if for a church gathering, and while they attended quietly and decently, he addressed himself as follows to one who was in all things a most excellent bishop and beloved of God, through whose zeal the temple in Tyre, which was the mos…
Cross-references
- 2Chr 6:6 — But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
- 2Chr 12:13 — So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD h
- 2Chr 20:1 — It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.
- 2Sam 7:22 — Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
- 2Sam 22:4 — I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
- Dan 2:45 — Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to
- Ezek 35:10 — Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the LORD was there:
- Heb 12:22 — But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
- Isa 2:2 — And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unt
- Isa 27:13 — And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall wo
- Jer 10:6 — Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
- Jer 31:23 — Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The LORD bless thee, O habi
- Matt 24:15 — When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
- Mic 4:1 — But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow
- Obad 1:17 — But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
- Ps 2:6 — Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
- Ps 2:6 — Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
- Ps 42:1 — As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
- Ps 46:1 — God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
- Ps 46:1 — God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
- Ps 46:4 — There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
- Ps 46:4 — There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
- Ps 47:8 — God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.
- Ps 48:8 — 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.
- Ps 49:1 — Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
- Ps 65:1 — Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed.
- Ps 76:1 — In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel.
- Ps 78:68 — But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
- Ps 86:10 — For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.
- Ps 87:1 — His foundation is in the holy mountains.
- Ps 87:1 — His foundation is in the holy mountains.
- Ps 87:3 — Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
- Ps 89:1 — I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
- Ps 95:3 — For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
- Ps 96:4 — For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.
- Ps 96:4 — For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.
- Ps 99:3 — Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy.
- Ps 99:9 — Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy.
- Ps 132:13 — For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
- Ps 135:5 — For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.