Psalms 48:5

They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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.
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 ha...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
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 tri...
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...
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 experi...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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,...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For lo, the kings were assembled The neighbouring princes confederate against Jerusalem: see the contents. They passed by In their march toward J...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Beauty and Strength of Zion. A song and psalm for the sons of Korah....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
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 betwe...
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 destruct...
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...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
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 Assyria...
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...
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 eith...
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 ble...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 19:35-37 ; 2 Kings 7:6 ; 2 Kings 7:7 ; Exodus 14:25
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 48:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 48:5