Psalm 48:1 “Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, H…”

Psalm 48:1

Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.

World English Bible

Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.

American Standard Version

Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised, In the city of our God, in his holy mountain.

Geneva Bible 1599

A song or Psalme committed to the sonnes of Korah. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praysed, in the Citie of our God, euen vpon his holy Mountaine.

Darby Translation

Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the hill of his holiness.

Young's Literal Translation

A Song, a Psalm, by sons of Korah. Great [is] Jehovah, and praised greatly, In the city of our God — His holy hill.

Bible in Basic English

Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised, in the town of our God, in his holy mountain.

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Cross references

“A. M. 3489. B.C. 515. Song”

2 Chronicles 20:1–37 Psalm 30:1

2 Chronicles 20:1–37 · BSB

After this, the Moabites and Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.

Psalm 30:1 · BSB

I will exalt You, O LORD, for You have lifted me up and have not allowed my foes to rejoice over me.

“for”

Psalm 46:1

Psalm 46:1 · BSB

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.

“Great”

Psalm 145:3 Psalm 86:10 Psalm 147:5 Psalm 99:3 Psalm 99:4

Psalm 145:3 · BSB

Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised; His greatness is unsearchable.

Psalm 86:10 · BSB

For You are great and perform wonders; You alone are God.

Psalm 147:5 · BSB

Great is our Lord, and mighty in power; His understanding has no limit.

Psalm 99:3 · BSB

Let them praise Your great and awesome name— He is holy!

Psalm 99:4 · BSB

The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob.

“greatly”

Revelation 19:5 Psalm 89:1–7 Nehemiah 9:5 Revelation 15:3 Revelation 15:4

Revelation 19:5 · BSB

Then a voice came from the throne, saying: “Praise our God, all you who serve Him, and those who fear Him, small and great alike!”

Psalm 89:1–7 · BSB

I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations.

Nehemiah 9:5 · BSB

Then the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—said, “Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting: Blessed be Your glorious name, and may it be e…

Revelation 15:3 · BSB

and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!

Revelation 15:4 · BSB

Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed.”

“city”

Psalm 46:4 Revelation 21:2 Psalm 87:3 Psalm 65:1 Psalm 78:68 Revelation 21:10–22

Psalm 46:4 · BSB

There is a river whose streams delight the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.

Revelation 21:2 · BSB

I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

Psalm 87:3 · BSB

Glorious things are ascribed to you, O city of God. Selah

Psalm 65:1 · BSB

Praise awaits You, O God, in Zion; to You our vows will be fulfilled.

Psalm 78:68 · BSB

But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.

Revelation 21:10–22 · BSB

And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,

“mountain”

Micah 4:1 Zechariah 8:3 Psalm 47:8 Psalm 99:9 Matthew 24:15 Isaiah 27:13

Micah 4:1 · BSB

In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and the peoples will stream to it.

Zechariah 8:3 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.”

Psalm 47:8 · BSB

God reigns over the nations; God is seated on His holy throne.

Psalm 99:9 · BSB

Exalt the LORD our God and worship at His holy mountain, for the LORD our God is holy.

Matthew 24:15 · BSB

So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),

Isaiah 27:13 · BSB

And in that day a great ram’s horn will sound, and those who were perishing in Assyria will come forth with those who were exiles in Egypt. And they will worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.

Also

Psalm 96:4 Psalm 87:1 Psalm 2:6

Psalm 96:4 · BSB

For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.

Psalm 87:1 · BSB

He has founded His city on the holy mountains.

Psalm 2:6 · BSB

“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.

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