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Fair and beautiful in elevation, is the joy of all the earth—[a]Mount Zion [the City of David], to the northern side [Mount Moriah and the temple], the [whole] city of the Great King!(A)

God has made Himself known in her palaces as a Refuge (a High Tower and a Stronghold).

For, behold, the kings assembled, they came onward and they passed away together.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 48:2 Psalm 48 is a celebration of the security of Zion. See the beauty of Zion as God’s unconquerable fortress.

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