Psalms 48:8-9

8 As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the LORD Almighty, in the city of our God: God makes her secure forever.^[a]

9 Within your temple, O God, we meditate on your unfailing love.

Psalms 48:8-9 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.

Cross References

• 1. Jeremiah 23:6; Zechariah 8:13; Zechariah 14:11; Psalms 87:5
• 2. S Psalms 39:3
• 3. Psalms 6:4; Psalms 26:3

Footnotes

• [a]. The Hebrew has "Selah" (a word of uncertain meaning) here.