
Text -- Psalms 48:3 (NET)




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By long experience.

Wesley: Psa 48:3 - -- Possibly he may point at the king's palace and the temple, which was the palace of the king of heaven; which two palaces God did in a singular manner ...
Possibly he may point at the king's palace and the temple, which was the palace of the king of heaven; which two palaces God did in a singular manner protect, and by protecting them, protected the whole city and people.
Literally, "elevation."

JFB: Psa 48:2-3 - -- Poetically for eminent, lofty, distinguished, as the ancients believed the north to be the highest part of the earth (compare Isa 14:13).
Poetically for eminent, lofty, distinguished, as the ancients believed the north to be the highest part of the earth (compare Isa 14:13).
Clarke -> Psa 48:3
Clarke: Psa 48:3 - -- God is known in her palaces for a refuge - All those who worship there in spirit and truth, find God for their refuge. But the words may be understo...
God is known in her palaces for a refuge - All those who worship there in spirit and truth, find God for their refuge. But the words may be understood: God is known for the defense of her palaces; and with this view of the subject agree the three following verses.
Calvin -> Psa 48:3
Calvin: Psa 48:3 - -- 3.God in her palaces is known for a defense Here the sacred poet again brings forward, for the purpose of setting forth the dignity of the city of Je...
3.God in her palaces is known for a defense Here the sacred poet again brings forward, for the purpose of setting forth the dignity of the city of Jerusalem, the protection which God afforded it; as we have seen in Psa 46:5,
“God is in the midst of her: she shall not be moved:
God shall help her, and that right early.”
He expressly makes mention of palaces for the sake of contrast — to teach the Jews, that although the holy city was fortified by strong towers, and had within it magnificent houses, and such as resembled fortresses, yet its continued safety was owing to the power and aid of God alone. By these words, the people of God are taught, that although they dwell in strongholds and palaces, they must, nevertheless, be carefully on their guard, that this magnificence or loftiness may not shroud or conceal from their view the power of God; and that they be not like worldly men, who, resting satisfied with riches and earthly means of help, set no value whatever upon having God for their guardian and protector. Worldly wealth, from our natural perverseness, tends to dazzle our eyes, and to make us forget God, and, therefore, we ought to meditate with special attention upon this doctrine, That whatever we possess, which seems worthy of being prized, must not be permitted to obscure the knowledge of the power and grace of God; but that, on the contrary, the glory of God ought always clearly to shine forth in all the gifts with which he may be pleased to bless and adorn us; so that we may account ourselves rich and happy in him, and no where else.
TSK -> Psa 48:3
TSK: Psa 48:3 - -- Psa 76:1-5, Psa 125:1; 2Ch 12:7, 2Ch 14:9-15, 20:1-37; Isa 4:5, Isa 4:6, Isa 37:33-36; Zec 2:4, Zec 2:5
Psa 76:1-5, Psa 125:1; 2Ch 12:7, 2Ch 14:9-15, 20:1-37; Isa 4:5, Isa 4:6, Isa 37:33-36; Zec 2:4, Zec 2:5

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Barnes -> Psa 48:3
Barnes: Psa 48:3 - -- God is known in her palaces - The word rendered "palaces"here means properly a fortress, castle, or palace, so called from its height, from a v...
God is known in her palaces - The word rendered "palaces"here means properly a fortress, castle, or palace, so called from its height, from a verb,
For a refuge - See the notes at Psa 46:1. That is, there was safety or security in the God who had chosen Jerusalem as his special abode.
Poole -> Psa 48:3
Poole: Psa 48:3 - -- God is known to his people by sensible and long experience, and to all neighbouring nations by their own observation.
In her palaces i. e in the ha...
God is known to his people by sensible and long experience, and to all neighbouring nations by their own observation.
In her palaces i. e in the habitations, or to the inhabitants of that city. Possibly he may here point at the king’ s palace and the temple, which was the palace of the King of heaven; which two palaces God did in a singular manner protect, and by protecting them he protected the whole city and people.
For a refuge under whose shadow we are more safe and secure, than other cities are with their great rivers and impregnable fortifications.
Haydock -> Psa 48:3
Haydock: Psa 48:3 - -- Earth-born. Hebrew, "sons of Adam," a title belonging to the meanest. Progenies terræ. Perseus vi. 56. (Calmet) ---
So Callimachus styles the...
Earth-born. Hebrew, "sons of Adam," a title belonging to the meanest. Progenies terræ. Perseus vi. 56. (Calmet) ---
So Callimachus styles the giants, "mud-born." (Haydock)--- Yet Houbigant explains it of the rich, (Berthier) who have lands, and leave their names to them, ver. 12. (Haydock) ---
Of men. Hebrew ish, noblemen. (Menochius) ---
Ye just and (St. Augustine) and polite. (St. Athanasius)
Gill -> Psa 48:3
Gill: Psa 48:3 - -- God is known in her palaces for a refuge. As there were palaces in Jerusalem; see Psa 48:13; so there are in the church of Christ; every place in it i...
God is known in her palaces for a refuge. As there were palaces in Jerusalem; see Psa 48:13; so there are in the church of Christ; every place in it is a palace fit for a king; and everyone that has truly a name and a place there are kings and priests unto God: and here God is a "refuge" both for saints and sinners to fly unto; See Gill on Psa 46:1; and is "known" to be so; the ministers of the Gospel being here appointed to direct and encourage souls to flee to Christ for refuge, who is the hope set before them in the everlasting Gospel, preached by them to lay hold upon; and all that do flee to him know, by experience, that he is a refuge for them; and as all the people of God do in every time of distress, and when all refuge fails them elsewhere.

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TSK Synopsis -> Psa 48:1-14
Maclaren -> Psa 48:1-13
Maclaren: Psa 48:1-13 - --A Song Of Deliverance
Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of His holiness. 2. Beautiful for situatio...
MHCC -> Psa 48:1-7
MHCC: Psa 48:1-7 - --Jerusalem is the city of our God: none on earth render him due honour except the citizens of the spiritual Jerusalem. Happy the kingdom, the city, the...
Matthew Henry -> Psa 48:1-7
Matthew Henry: Psa 48:1-7 - -- The psalmist is designing to praise Jerusalem and to set forth the grandeur of that city; but he begins with the praises of God and his greatness (P...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Psa 48:1-8
Keil-Delitzsch: Psa 48:1-8 - --
(Heb.: 48:2-9) Viewed as to the nature of its subject-matter, the Psalm divides itself into three parts. We begin by considering the three strophes...
Constable: Psa 42:1--72:20 - --II. Book 2: chs. 42--72
In Book 1 we saw that all the psalms except 1, 2, 10, and 33 claimed David as their writ...

Constable: Psa 48:1-14 - --Psalm 48
The psalmist praised God for delivering Zion from her enemies. Jerusalem was secure and gloriou...
