Matthew Poole Commentary - Psalms 48:12

Matthew Poole Commentary - Psalms 48:12 - 48:12

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Psalms 48:12 - 48:12

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This Chapter Verse Commentaries:

48:1 - 48:1
48:2 - 48:2
48:3 - 48:3
48:4 - 48:4
48:5 - 48:5
48:6 - 48:6
48:7 - 48:7
48:8 - 48:8
48:9 - 48:9
48:10 - 48:10
48:11 - 48:11
48:12 - 48:12
48:13 - 48:13
48:14 - 48:14

He speaketh, either,

1. To the enemies, as triumphing over them. Or rather,

2. To the people of that city and kingdom, who had been eye-witnesses of this glorious work of God, as appears from the following verses. He bids them mark well her towers, bulwarks, and palaces, here, and Psa_48:13, not with vain ostentation, or carnal confidence, for he had said that God only was their refuge, Psa_48:3; but with thankfulness to God, when they should find upon inquiry, that not one of them was demolished or any way defaced by so potent an enemy.