Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
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Gill's Exposition
Beautiful for situation,.... This, and what follows, are said of the city of God, the city of Jerusalem, which was delightfully situated on an eminence, in a wholesome air; the brook Kidron gliding by…
Barnes' Notes
Beautiful for situation - The word rendered “situation” - נוף nôph - means properly “elevation, height,” (Ges. Lexicon); and the idea here is, that the mountain referred to is “beautiful for…
The psalmist is designing to praise Jerusalem and to set forth the grandeur of that city; but he begins with the praises of God and his greatness (Psa 48:1), and ends with the praises of God and his…
Cambridge Bible
Beautiful for situation Rather, as R.V., beautiful in elevation. Cp. Psa 50:2. "Its elevation," writes Dean Stanley, "is remarkable; occasioned not from its being on the summit of one of the numerous…
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