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Pentecost Season · Proper 9 · Year B

Psalm 48

The City of Our God

July 4, 2027

Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives at Sunrise, Gustav Bauernfeind
Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives at Sunrise, Gustav Bauernfeind, c. 1902Private collection
A German orientalist who settled in Jerusalem and died there. He painted the city from the east with the accuracy of someone who walked the ground daily.Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised in the city of our God: Psalm 48 is a psalm about looking at Jerusalem, and this is the standard view.Gustav BauernfeindA German architect turned painter who settled in Jerusalem and painted it with an architect's precision.Private collectionIn private hands, which is why it is seen in reproduction far more often than in the flesh.Private collection
Revised Common Lectionary
GospelMark 6:1-13Mk 6:1-13
Epistle2 Cor. 12:2-102 Cor 12:2-10
Old Testament2 Sam. 5:1-5, 9-102 Sm 5:1-5, 9-10Alt. OTEzek. 2:1-5Ez 2:1-5
PsalterPs. 48Ps 48Alt. PsalmPs. 123Ps 123

Overview & Insights

"Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised in the city of our God." (Psalm 48:1)

A song of Zion celebrating Jerusalem as the city of the great King, secure and beautiful because God himself is her defense.

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Commentary

Enduring Word: Psalm 48Enduring Word: Ps 48 Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical notes on the Zion song.

BibleHub: Commentaries on Psalm 48:1BibleHub: Commentaries on Ps 48:1 BibleHub

Parallel classic commentaries on the praise of the city of God.

Background & Word Study

Sefaria: Psalms 48 (Hebrew)Sefaria: Ps 48 (Hebrew) Sefaria

Hebrew text with English and Jewish commentary on the psalm.

BibleHub: Psalm 48 InterlinearBibleHub: Ps 48 Interlinear BibleHub

Hebrew-English interlinear for word-level study of the psalm.

The Church Fathers

Catena: Psalm 48Catena: Ps 48 Catena

Patristic comments gathered verse by verse on Psalm 48.

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