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What a glorious sight! See Mount Zion rising north of the city[a] high above the plains for all to see—Mount Zion, joy of all the earth, the residence of the great King.

God himself is the defender of Jerusalem.[b] The kings of the earth have arrived together to inspect the city.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 48:2 north of the city, literally, “on the sides of the north.”
  2. Psalm 48:3 God himself is the defender of Jerusalem, literally, “God has made himself known in her palaces for a high tower.”

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