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Psalms 48:2

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

KJV

Audite hæc, omnes gentes ; auribus percipite, omnes qui habitatis orbem :

Vulgate

Ἀκούσατε ταῦτα, πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, ἐνωτίσασθε, πάντες οἱ κατοικοῦντες τὴν οἰκουμένην,

LXX

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

ASV

גָּ֘ד֤וֹל יְהוָ֣ה וּ/מְהֻלָּ֣ל מְאֹ֑ד בְּ/עִ֥יר אֱ֝לֹהֵ֗י/נוּ הַר קָדְשֽׁ/וֹ

Hebrew

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Places Mount Zion

In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

גָּד֖וֹל
gdvl
verb · 528×
הַ֣ר
hr
noun · 544×
הוּ
hv
verb · 163×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
מְאֹֽד
m'd
noun · 297×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
קֹּ֑דֶשׁ
qdsh
noun · 463×

Typology

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

City of God · 2 passages
Chapter 4.—About the Prefigured Change of the Israelitic Kingdom and Priesthood, and About the Things Hannah the Mother of Samuel Prophesied, Personating the Church. Therefore the advance of the city of God, where it reached the times of the kings, yielded a figure, when, on the rejection of Saul, David first obtained the kingdom on such a footing that thenceforth his descendan…
Chapter 16.—Of the Things Pertaining to Christ and the Church, Said Either Openly or Tropically in the 45th Psalm. For whatever direct and manifest prophetic utterances there may be about anything, it is necessary that those which are tropical should be mingled with them; which, chiefly on account of those of slower understanding, thrust upon the more learned the laborious task…
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

  • Dan 8:9 — And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.
  • Dan 8:9 — And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.
  • Dan 11:16 — But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed.
  • Ezek 16:13 — Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou
  • Ezek 20:6 — In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:
  • Ezek 20:6 — In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:
  • Ezek 24:25 — Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their
  • 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,
  • 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 14:13 — For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
  • Isa 60:15 — Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.
  • Isa 66:10 — Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:
  • Lam 2:15 — All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
  • Lam 2:15 — All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
  • Mal 1:14 — But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the LORD a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the
  • Matt 5:35 — Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.
  • Matt 5:35 — Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.
  • Ps 47:7 — For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.
  • Ps 50:2 — Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
  • Ps 50:2 — Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
  • Ps 87:3 — Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
  • Ps 101:8 — I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.
  • Ps 145:1 — I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.
  • Song 6:4 — Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.