2 Kings 19:35-37; 2 Kings 7:6; 2 Kings 7:7; Exodus 14:25
They saw it - That is, they looked on it; they contemplated it; they were struck with its beauty and strength, and fled. And so they marveled...
They saw [(f) it, and] so they marvelled; they were troubled, [and] hasted away. (f) The enemies were afraid at the sight of the city.
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 ha...
They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.
They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away. They saw it, and so they marveled; they were troubled, and hasted aw...
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...
They saw. — A verse like Psalms 46:6 , vivid from the omission of the conjunctions, wrongly supplied by the Authorised Version. It has reminded co...
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 tri...
“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...
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 experi...
All the powers of the world were confederate against Israel, when first God made her a church. And all the powers of the world were confederate when...
They saw [it] ,.... Either the city or the power of God, as Aben Ezra; or, as Jarchi, God himself going forth to fight against the nations. This ref...
They saw [it, and] so they marvelled; they were troubled, [and] hasted away. Ver. 5. They saw it, and so they marvelled ] None of them could say,...
For lo, the kings were assembled The neighbouring princes confederate against Jerusalem: see the contents. They passed by In their march toward J...
The Beauty and Strength of Zion. A song and psalm for the sons of Korah....
They saw it; they did only look upon it, but not come into it, nor shoot an arrow there, nor cast a bank against it , as is said upon this or the...
The Nations Quail Before The Power of God In His Holy Hill ( Psalms 48:4-7 ). The glory of the dwellingplace of the Great God is such that the nat...
INTRODUCTION Superscription . “ A Song and Psalm .” “It is not easy,” says Barnes, “to account for this double appellation, or to distinguish betwe...
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 destruct...
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...
A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah. It is not every Psalm that is a song, for some Psalms are full of sorrow and it is not every song that is a P...
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 Assyria...
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...
EXPOSITION HERE we have another psalm of thanksgiving for a deliverance, but not apparently for the same deliverance as gave occasion for eith...
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 ble...
They saw it, after passing the boundary of the country and encamping against the Church, they became aware of the fact that Jehovah is its mighty Pro...
Saw it — They did only look upon it, but not come into it, nor shoot an arrow there — nor cast a bank against it, 2 Kings 19:32 . Marvelled — At t...
5 They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.