Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 48:9
(9) Thy temple.—This verse seems to indicate a liturgic origin for the psalm. read more
Psalm 48
Charles John Ellicott
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 48:10
(10) According to thy name . . .—“Name” here has plainly the meaning we give it in the phrase, “name and fame.” God’s praise was up to the reputation His great deeds had won. (Comp. Psalms 138:2.)Thy right hand is full of righteousness.—Not like Jove’s, as heathen say, full of thunderbolts, but of justice. read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 48:11
(11) Daughters of Judah.—Not the maidens of Jerusalem, but the towns and villages of Judah.Judgments.—Perhaps here, as in Psalms 119:132, with prominent idea of God’s customary dealings with His people. read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 48:12
(12) Tell—i.e., count. So in Milton, “Every shepherd tells his tale,” i.e., counts his sheep. read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 48:13
(13) Consider.—The Hebrew word is peculiar to this passage. The root idea seems to be divide, and the natural sense of divide her palaces is, take them one by one and regard them. read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 48:14
(14) Unto death.—The words (‘al mûth) are proved by the ancient versions and various readings to be really a musical direction, either placed at the end instead of the beginning, as in Habakkuk 3:19, or shifted back from the title of the next psalm. See Psalms 9:0 title, ‘alamôth. read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 48:1-14
The Subject of Meditation (A Communion Sermon) Psalms 48:9 This Psalm is a song of triumph, when Jerusalem was saved from some impending danger. The theme is that God is the safety of Zion, the impregnable city, made such by the loving care of God. I. Into the temple the joyful people surge to give vent to their feelings of gratitude and triumph. Where else can they go with such fitness but to the sanctuary which stands to them as the very heart of their religion? And what is more fitting than... read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Bible Commentary - Psalms 48:1-14
Psalms 48:1-14THE situation seems the same as in Psalms 46:1-11, with which this psalm has many points of contact. In both we have the same triumph, the same proud affection for the holy city and sanctuary, the same confidence in God’s dwelling there, the same vivid picturing of the mustering of enemies and their rapid dispersion, the same swift movement of style in describing that overthrow, the same thought of the diffusion of God’s praise in the world as its consequence, the same closing... read more
Arno Clemens Gaebelein
Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Psalms 48:1-14
Psalms 48:0 The Judgment of the Nations and the Millennium 1. Jerusalem the city of the King (Psalms 48:1-3 ) 2. The confederated nations scattered (Psalms 48:4-7 ) 3. The millennium (Psalms 48:8-14 ) Jerusalem is now seen as the city of the great King. His glorious throne will there be established, and Mount Zion becomes the joy of the whole earth. Psalms 48:4-7 show what preceded the coming of the King. The nations had come against Jerusalem (Zechariah 14:1-21 ), a mighty confederacy... read more
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 48:8
(8) As we have heard.—The generations of a religious nation are “bound each to each by natural piety.” Probably here the ancient tale of the overthrow of Pharaoh and his host recurred to the poet’s mind.God will establish it.—Better, God will preserve her for ever, i.e., the holy city. This forms the refrain of the song, and probably should be restored between the parts of Psalms 48:3. read more