Psalms 48:1

Great is Yahweh and greatly to be praised in the city of God, His holy mountain. It matters because God's greatness is displayed and celebrated where He dwells with His people.

Cross-references · 30

• Mic 4:1In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and the peoples will stream to it.
• Zech 8:3This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.”
• Ps 96:4For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.
• Isa 2:2–3In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
• Ps 46:4There is a river whose streams delight the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.
• Ps 145:3Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised; His greatness is unsearchable.
• Rev 21:2I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
• Ps 87:3Glorious things are ascribed to you, O city of God. Selah
• Rev 19:5Then a voice came from the throne, saying: “Praise our God, all you who serve Him, and those who fear Him, small and great alike!”
• Matt 24:15So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ described by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),
• Ps 2:6“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
• Ps 47:8God reigns over the nations; God is seated on His holy throne.
• Rev 21:10–22And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,
• Ps 46:1For the choirmaster. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.
• Ps 87:1A Psalm of the sons of Korah. A song. He has founded His city on the holy mountains.
• Ps 78:68But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.
• Ps 99:3–4Let them praise Your great and awesome name—He is holy!
• Ps 65:1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A song. Praise awaits You, O God, in Zion; to You our vows will be fulfilled.
• Ps 99:9Exalt the LORD our God and worship at His holy mountain, for the LORD our God is holy.
• Ps 86:10For You are great and perform wonders; You alone are God.
• Ps 89:1–7A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations.
• Obad 1:17But on Mount Zion there will be deliverance, and it will be holy, and the house of Jacob will reclaim their possession.
• Ps 147:5Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding has no limit.
• Heb 12:22Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels
• Isa 27:13And in that day a great ram’s horn will sound, and those who were perishing in Assyria will come forth with those who were exiles in Egypt. And they will worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.
• 2 Chr 20:1–37After this, the Moabites and Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.
• Jer 31:23This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “When I restore them from captivity, they will once again speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities: ‘May the LORD bless you, O righteous dwelling place, O holy mountain.’
• Rev 15:3–4and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!
• Ps 30:1A Psalm. A song for the dedication of the temple. Of David. I will exalt You, O LORD, for You have lifted me up and have not allowed my foes to rejoice over me.
• Neh 9:5Then the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—said, “Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting: Blessed be Your glorious name, and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise.

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