Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Psalms 48:1

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Psalms 48:1 - 48:1

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Psalms 48:1 - 48:1

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48:1 - 48:1
48:2 - 48:2
48:3 - 48:3
48:4 - 48:4
48:7 - 48:7
48:8 - 48:8
48:9 - 48:9
48:10 - 48:10
48:11 - 48:11
48:12 - 48:12

Psa 48:1-14. This is a spirited Psalm and song (compare Psa 30:1), having probably been suggested by the same occasion as the foregoing. It sets forth the privileges and blessings of God’s spiritual dominion as the terror of the wicked and joy of the righteous.

to be praised - always: it is an epithet, as in Psa 18:3.

mountain of his holiness - His Church (compare Isa 2:2, Isa 2:3; Isa 25:6, Isa 25:7, Isa 25:10); the sanctuary was erected first on Mount Zion, then (as the temple) on Moriah; hence the figure.