Psalm 48
Authorship
This Psalm was authored by the Korahites.
Outline
(This began as Wendland's Expository Outline[1], but may be adapted.)
I. The God of Jerusalem. (1-3)
- A. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of His holiness.
- B. Mount Zion, on the sides of the north, is:
- 1. Beautiful for situation.
- 2. The joy of the whole earth.
- 3. The city of the great King.
- Note: The sides of the north indicate the home of God. This is why Satan aspired to ascend there in Isaiah 14:13.
- C. God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
II. The kings were assembled and passed by. (4-7)
- A. They saw it.
- B. They marveled.
- C. They were troubled.
- D. They hasted away.
- E. Fear took hold upon them there.
- F. Pain took hold on them, as of a woman in travail.
- G. They saw the ships of Tarshish which You broke with an east wind.
- (This could be an actual wind, or the wind of the Holy Spirit.)
III. 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. (8)
IV. We have thought of Thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of Thy temple. (9-10)
- A. According to Thy name, O God, so is Thy praise unto the ends of the earth.
- B. Thy right hand is full of righteousness.
V. Let mount Zion rejoice. (11-13)
- A. Let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of Thy judgments.
- B. Walk about Zion and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
- C. Mark ye well her bulwarks.
- D. Consider her palaces, that ye may tell it to the generation following.
VI. For this God is our God for ever and ever: He will be our guide even unto death. (14)
Textual Criticism
The following is from Barthélemy's Critique textuelle de l’Ancien Testament volume on the Psalms.[2] For a key to the various symbols and abbreviations, click here.
Ps 48,8(7) בְּרוּחַ {A}
Ps 48,15(14) עַל מוּת {C} MT, α'(?), Hebr, S // err-voc: G, σ', T clav עֹלָמוֹת
References
- ↑ Ernst Wendland, Expository Outlines of the Psalms, https://www.academia.edu/37220700/Expository_Outlines_of_the_PSALMS
- ↑ Dominique Barthélemy, Critique textuelle de l’Ancien Testament: Tome 4. Psaumes, https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-150304