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Psalm 48:4

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48:4For6 look, the kings assemble;7

they advance together.

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Footnotes

  1. 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.
  2. 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).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For behold, the kings assembled;

they came on together.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

When the kings joined forces,

when they advanced together,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Look! The kings assembled;

they advanced together.

NLTNew Living Translation

The kings of the earth joined forces

and advanced against the city.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For see, the kings assembled;

they advanced together.

KJV 1900King James Version

For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.