Psalm 48:8 “As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the LORD of Hosts, in…”

Psalm 48:8

As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the LORD of Hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish her forever. Selah

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

As we have heard, so we have seen, in the city of the LORD of Armies, in the city of our God. God will establish it forever. Selah.

American Standard Version

As we have heard, so have we seen In the city of Jehovah of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. [Selah

Geneva Bible 1599

As we haue heard, so haue we seene in the citie of the Lord of hostes, in the Citie of our God: God will stablish it for euer. Selah.

Darby Translation

As we have heard, so have we seen, in the city of Jehovah of hosts, in the city of our God: God doth establish it for ever. Selah.

Young's Literal Translation

As we have heard, so we have seen, In the city of Jehovah of hosts, In the city of our God, God doth establish her — to the age. Selah.

Bible in Basic English

As it came to our ears so have we seen it, in the town of the Lord of armies, in the town of our God; God will keep it fixed for ever. (Selah.)

.mt-body { max-height: none !important; -webkit-mask-image: none !important; mask-image: none !important; } .mt-bar { display: none !important; } .o-trans::after { display: block !important; }

Cross references

“As we”

Psalm 78:3–6 Isaiah 38:19 Psalm 44:1 Psalm 44:2

Psalm 78:3–6 · BSB

that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.

Isaiah 38:19 · BSB

The living, only the living, can thank You, as I do today; fathers will tell their children about Your faithfulness.

Psalm 44:1 · BSB

We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.

Psalm 44:2 · BSB

With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.

“city of the Lord”

Psalm 48:1 Psalm 48:2

Psalm 48:1 · BSB

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

Psalm 48:2 · BSB

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

“God”

Psalm 87:5 Micah 4:1 Psalm 46:5 Isaiah 2:2 Matthew 16:18

Psalm 87:5 · BSB

And it will be said of Zion: “This one and that one were born in her, and the Most High Himself will establish her.”

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.

Psalm 46:5 · BSB

God is within her; she will not be moved. God will help her when morning dawns.

Isaiah 2:2 · 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 all nations will stream to it.

Matthew 16:18 · BSB

And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.

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

In context

7With a wind from the east You wrecked the ships of Tarshish.

9Within Your temple, O God, we contemplate Your loving devotion.

Read Psalm 48