Psalms 48:2-12

2 audite haec omnes gentes auribus percipite omnes qui habitatis orbem

3 quique terriginae et filii hominum in unum dives et pauper

4 os meum loquetur sapientiam et meditatio cordis mei prudentiam

5 inclinabo in parabolam aurem meam aperiam in psalterio propositionem meam

6 cur timebo in die malo iniquitas calcanei mei circumdabit me

7 qui confidunt in virtute sua et in multitudine divitiarum suarum gloriantur

8 frater non redimit redimet homo non dabit Deo placationem suam

9 et pretium redemptionis animae suae et laboravit in aeternum

10 et vivet * adhuc; in finem

11 non videbit interitum cum viderit sapientes morientes simul insipiens et stultus peribunt et relinquent alienis divitias suas

12 %et; sepulchra eorum domus illorum in aeternum tabernacula eorum in progeniem et progeniem vocaverunt nomina sua in terris suis

Psalms 48:2-12 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 48

\\<>\\. This psalm is entitled a "song psalm", a psalm to be sung vocally; or "a song and psalm" to be sung both vocally and instrumentally; and is one of the spiritual songs the apostle speaks of, Eph 5:19; It was occasioned, as some think, by David's spoiling the Philistines, 2Sa 5:17-21; or, as others, by the deliverance of the people from the Moabites and Ammonites in the times of Jehoshaphat, 2Ch 20:27,28; or, as others, by the deliverance of the inhabitants of Jerusalem from Sennacherib in the times of Hezekiah, 2Ki 19:34,35; though as Kimchi, a celebrated Jewish commentator, owns, it belongs to the times of the Messiah, as the other preceding psalms; and treats of his greatness, and of the praise and glory due to him, and gives large encomiums of his church.