Psalm 48[a]

A song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah.

Great is the Lord,(A) and most worthy of praise,(B)
    in the city of our God,(C) his holy mountain.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 48:1 In Hebrew texts 48:1-14 is numbered 48:2-15.

48 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.

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As we have heard,
    so we have seen
in the city of the Lord Almighty,
    in the city of our God:
God makes her secure
    forever.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 48:8 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.

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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20 Look on Zion,(A) the city of our festivals;
    your eyes will see Jerusalem,
    a peaceful abode,(B) a tent(C) that will not be moved;(D)
its stakes will never be pulled up,
    nor any of its ropes broken.

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20 Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.

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33 On the fourth day, in the house of our God, we weighed out(A) the silver and gold and the sacred articles into the hands of Meremoth(B) son of Uriah, the priest. Eleazar son of Phinehas was with him, and so were the Levites Jozabad(C) son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui.(D)

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33 Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites;

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36 “As it is also written in the Law, we will bring the firstborn(A) of our sons and of our cattle, of our herds and of our flocks to the house of our God, to the priests ministering there.(B)

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36 Also the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of our God:

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There is a river(A) whose streams(B) make glad the city of God,(C)
    the holy place where the Most High(D) dwells.(E)

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There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.

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Beautiful(A) in its loftiness,
    the joy of the whole earth,
like the heights of Zaphon[a](B) is Mount Zion,(C)
    the city of the Great King.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 48:2 Zaphon was the most sacred mountain of the Canaanites.

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

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15 All who pass your way
    clap their hands at you;(A)
they scoff(B) and shake their heads(C)
    at Daughter Jerusalem:(D)
“Is this the city that was called
    the perfection of beauty,(E)
    the joy of the whole earth?”(F)

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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?

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Great is the Lord(A) in Zion;(B)
    he is exalted(C) over all the nations.

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The Lord is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people.

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23 Paul and Barnabas appointed elders[a](A) for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting,(B) committed them to the Lord,(C) in whom they had put their trust.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 14:23 Or Barnabas ordained elders; or Barnabas had elders elected

23 And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.

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22 I was ashamed to ask the king for soldiers(A) and horsemen to protect us from enemies on the road, because we had told the king, “The gracious hand of our God is on everyone(B) who looks to him, but his great anger is against all who forsake him.(C)

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22 For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.

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Because they have no regard for the deeds of the Lord
    and what his hands have done,(A)
he will tear them down
    and never build them up again.

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Because they regard not the works of the Lord, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.

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36 “I have testimony weightier than that of John.(A) For the works that the Father has given me to finish—the very works that I am doing(B)—testify that the Father has sent me.(C)

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36 But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.

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