Psalm 48:3–4
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48:3God is in its fortresses;
he reveals himself as its defender.5
48:4For6 look, the kings assemble;7
they advance together.
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- 5 Heb “he is known for an elevated place.”
- 6 The logical connection between vv. 3–4 seems to be this: God is the protector of Zion and reveals himself as the city’s defender—this is necessary because hostile armies threaten the city.
- 7 The perfect verbal forms in vv. 4–6 are understood as descriptive. In dramatic style (note הִנֵּה, hinneh, “look”) the psalm describes an enemy attack against the city as if it were occurring at this very moment. Another option is to take the perfects as narrational (“the kings assembled, they advanced”), referring to a particular historical event, such as Sennacherib’s siege of the city in 701 b.c. (cf. , ). Even if one translates the verses in a dramatic-descriptive manner (as the present translation does), the Lord’s victory over the Assyrians was probably what served as the inspiration of the description (see v. 8).
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Within her citadels God
has made himself known as a fortress.
For behold, the kings assembled;
they came on together.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
God is in her citadels;
he has shown himself to be her fortress.
When the kings joined forces,
when they advanced together,
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
God is known as a stronghold
in its citadels.
Look! The kings assembled;
they advanced together.
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NLTNew Living Translation
God himself is in Jerusalem’s towers,
revealing himself as its defender.
The kings of the earth joined forces
and advanced against the city.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
God is in her citadels;
he is known as a high stronghold.
For see, the kings assembled;
they advanced together.
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KJV 1900King James Version
God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
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