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Psalms 48:8

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As we have heard, So we have seen In the city of the Lord of hosts, In the city of our God: God will establish it forever. Selah
Psalms 48:8 · New King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB As we have heard, so we have seen, in the city of Yahweh of Armies, in the city of our God. God will establish it forever. Selah.
  • KJV As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
  • BSB As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the LORD of Hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish her forever. Selah
  • NASB Just as we have heard, so have we seen In the city of the Lord of armies, in the city of our God; God will establish her forever. Selah
  • NLT We had heard of the city’s glory, but now we have seen it ourselves— the city of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. It is the city of our God; he will make it safe forever. Interlude

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Quick answer

What the people had only heard about God's faithfulness they now see with their own eyes; God establishes His city forever. His promises prove reliable.

Overview

The worshipers testify that the reports of God's saving deeds have been confirmed in their own experience within Jerusalem. 'God will establish it forever' looks beyond the earthly city to the permanence of His kingdom. The pause 'Selah' invites reflection on this assurance, which finds its ultimate fulfillment in the eternal city, the new Jerusalem secured by Christ.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 9

  • Ps 87:5Yes, of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one was born in her”; the Most High himself will establish her.
  • Mic 4:1But in the latter days, it will happen that the mountain of Yahweh’s temple will be established on the top of the mountains, and it will be exalted above the hills; and peoples will stream to it.
  • Matt 16:18I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
  • Ps 46:5God is within her. She shall not be moved. God will help her at dawn.
  • Ps 44:1–2For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. A contemplative psalm. We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us, what work you did in their days, in the days of old.
  • Ps 48:1–2A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
  • Isa 2:2It shall happen in the latter days, that the mountain of Yahweh’s house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be raised above the hills; and all nations shall flow to it.
  • Ps 78:3–6Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
  • Isa 38:19The living, the living, he shall praise you, as I do today. The father shall make known your truth to the children.

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Commentaries & study tools

  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — verse-by-verseDavid Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Clear, readable, conservative exposition — the best free place to start on any passage.

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  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on PsalmsMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 48:8 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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As we have heardשָׁמַעso have we seenרָאָהin the cityעִירof the LORDיְהֹוָהof hostsצָבָאin the cityעִירof our GodאֱלֹהִיםGodאֱלֹהִיםwill establishכּוּןit forעַדeverעוֹלָםSelahסֶלָה
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