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Psalm 48:8 KJV
Psalms · chapter 48 · verse 8
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.Psalm 48:8 · King James Version
Psalm 48:8 in context
6Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
7Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
8As 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.
9We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
10According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- establishkûwnproperly, to be erectH3559 →
- heardshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- hoststsâbâʼa mass of persons , especially reg. organized forwarH6635 →
- seenrâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
- cityʻîyra city in the widest senseH5892 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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We have here the good use and improvement which the people of God are taught to make of his late glorious and gracious appearances for them against their enemies, that they might work for their good. I. Let our faith in the word of God be hereby confirmed.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-14