Psalms 48:8 · KJV
“As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.”
— Psalms 48:8
Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
Psalms 48 — Context
Fear took hold upon them there, {and} pain, as of a woman in travail.
7Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
8As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
9We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
10According to thy name, O God, so {is} thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
Cross References
Psalms 87:5
And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her.
Micah 4:1
But in the last days it shall come to pass, {that} the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.
Matthew 16:18
And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. {Peter: this name signifies a rock}
Psalms 48:1-2
[A Song {and} Psalm for the sons of Korah.] Great {is} the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, {in} the mountain of his holiness. {for: or, of}
Isaiah 2:2
And it shall come to pass in the last days, {that} the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. {established: or, prepared}
Psalms 44:1-2
[To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil.] We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, {what} work thou didst in their days, in the times of old. {Maschil: or, of instruction}
Psalms 46:5
God {is} in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, {and that} right early. {and...: Heb. when the morning appeareth}
Psalms 78:3-6
Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.