Psalms 48:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Marka ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following. ”

Psalms 48:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Mark ye well her bulwarks - Margin, as in Hebrew, “Set your heart to her bulwarks.” That is, Pay close attention to them; make the investigation with care, not as one does whose heart is not in t...
Psalms 48:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

XLVIII. A Psalm which Describes the Impression made on a Pilgrim by his Visit to Zion. Psalms 48:1 f. Praise of Zion. sides of the north is hard to comprehend. It has been explained as contras...
Psalms 48:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

bulwarks . outer walls or ramparts. Consider . single out. Occurs only here.
Psalms 48:13 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 581 THE CHURCH’S SECURITY IN GOD Psalms 48:12-14 . Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof: mark ye well her bulwarks; consider her palaces; that ye may tell...
Psalms 48:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following. Mark ye well her bulwarks - See the redoubts by which she is defended. Consider her palaces - See...
Psalms 48:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Let mount Zion rejoice, &c.— Dr. Delaney thinks that these verses allude to the great improvements made at Jerusalem, the temple on mount Moriah, Millo, the house of the forest of Lebanon, the...
Psalms 48:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following. Mark ye her bulwarks, consider her palaces. The "bulwarks" indicate the outer circuit of the...
Psalms 48:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This Ps. celebrates the safety and glory of Jerusalem, and the praise of her divine King. The deliverance He has wrought is vividly portrayed, and we can hardly fail to recognise that the overthrow o...
Psalms 48:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Consider. — The Hebrew word is peculiar to this passage. The root idea seems to be divide, and the natural sense of divide her palaces is, take them one by one and regard them.
Psalms 48:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 48:1-14 THE situation seems the same as in Psalms 46:1-11 , with which this psalm has many points of contact. In both we have the same triumph, the same proud affection for the holy city a...
Psalms 48:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“The City of Our God” Psalms 48:1-14 This psalm also probably dates from 2 Chronicles 20:20 . Tekoa was only three hours' march from Jerusalem and commanded an extensive view, so that Psalms...
Psalms 48:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In Psa 46:1-11 the dominant note was of confidence, because of the government of God in the midst of His people. This is a song describing the experience resulting from such government. It is the ant...
Psalms 48:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Strangers are challenged to see if they can discover any tokens like ruin, or want, or misery. No! Zion still flourisheth, and must flourish, and be a perfection of beauty. Her ordinances, her courts...
Psalms 48:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Mark ye well her bulwarks ,.... Such as the free favour of God in Christ; which is not only as a shield, but as a bulwark to the church; his everlasting love, electing grace, the covenant of grace,...
Psalms 48:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell [it] to the generation following. Ver. 13. Mark ye well her bulwarks ] Not at all impaired. The Great Turk could never have gotten...
Psalms 48:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Walk about Zion , &c. He speaks probably to the people of the city and kingdom, who had been eye-witnesses of the glorious work God had wrought for their deliverance. Bishop Patrick thus paraphr...
Psalms 48:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

God's Care of His Church. 8 As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the L ORD of hosts, in the city of our Go...
Psalms 48:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Consider; or, exalt , or admire , Tell it to the generation following , that they may be excited to continue their praises to God for this mercy, by which they hold and enjoy all their blessings...
Psalms 48:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Triumphant Inspection ( Psalms 48:12-14 ). This may well originally have indicated a celebratory inspection of the walls carried out in triumphal procession in order to give thanksgiving to Go...
Psalms 48:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription . “ A Song and Psalm .” “It is not easy,” says Barnes, “to account for this double appellation, or to distinguish between the meaning of these words, though probably t...
Psalms 48:13 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 48 There is one event, and only one, in Jewish history which corresponds point for point to the details of this Psalm the crushing destruction of the Assyrian army under Sennacherib. We may...
Psalms 48:13 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 48:1-3 . Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness. Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the side...
Psalms 48:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Title. A psalm for the sons of Korah. Asaph being dead, and his sons not named, we infer that the psalm, as many think, was composed on the Assyrian invasion; for then God was truly great in Zion,...
Psalms 48:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised. A song of deliverance The psalm has manifestly some historical basis. What is it? The psalm gives these points--a formidable muster before Jerusale...
Psalms 48:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION HERE we have another psalm of thanksgiving for a deliverance, but not apparently for the same deliverance as gave occasion for either of the two preceding psalms. Israel had now bee...
Psalms 48:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Zion as a Type of the Christian Church. A song and psalm for the sons of Korah, written by one of their number to set forth the privileges and blessings of God's dominion in His Church.
Psalms 48:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 15:14-16 ; Amos 9:11 ; Deuteronomy 11:19 ; Isaiah 58:12 ; Joel 1:3 ; Psalms 71:18 ; Psalms 78:4
Psalms 48:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Tell it — That they may continue their praises to God for this mercy, by which they hold and enjoy all their blessings.

Psalms 48:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 48:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 48:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 48:13 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Psalms 48:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 48:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 48:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 48:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 48:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 48:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 48:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 48:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 48:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 48:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 48:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 48:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 48:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 48:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 48:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 48:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 48:13 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 48:13 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 48:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 48:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 48:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 48:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 48:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 48:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes