Passage Research
Psalm 48 — Sermon Preparation
A song of Zion celebrating the holy city where God dwells — kings gathered against her and fled in panic, and her towers proclaim God's steadfast love. Below is a research summary for Psalm 48, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 15
- verses
- 111 / 85
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 10
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Psalm 48 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| צִיּוֹן | Tsîyôwn | H6726 | 3 | Tsijon, capital |
| הַר | har | H2022 | 3 | mountain, range |
| אַרְמוֹן | ʼarmôwn | H759 | 2 | citadel, height |
| עִיר | ʻîyr | H5892 | 3 | city, waking |
| סָפַר | çâphar | H5608 | 2 | score, inscribe |
| עוֹלָם | ʻôwlâm | H5769 | 2 | concealed, vanishing |
| רָאָה | râʼâh | H7200 | 2 | see |
How preachers through history handled this text
10 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 48, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“This psalm, as the two former, is a triumphant song; some think it was penned on occasion of Jehoshaphat's victory (2 Chron. xx.), others of Sennacherib's defeat, when his army laid siege to Jerusalem in Hezekiah's time; but, for aught I know, it might be penned by David upon occasion of some eminent victory obtained in his time; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 3 (Job to Song of Solomon), on Psalm 48:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Mount Zion— Ps 48:11
- Zion— Ps 48:12
- Zaphon 2— Ps 48:2
- Jerusalem— Ps 48:3
- Tarshish 2— Ps 48:7
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