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Gill's Exposition
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined. Or "shall shine" (p); the past for the future, as Kimchi observes; or "the perfection of the beauty of God hath shined out of Zion" (q); that…
Barnes' Notes
Out of Zion - The place where God was worshipped, and where he dwelt. Compare the notes at Isa 2:3. The perfection of beauty - See the notes at Psa 48:2. God hath shined - Has shined forth, or has…
It is probable that Asaph was not only the chief musician, who was to put a tune to this psalm, but that he was himself the penman of it; for we read that in Hezekiah's time they praised God in the…
Cambridge Bible
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty This rendering is certainly preferable to that of P.B.V., -Out of Zion hath God appeared in perfect beauty." Cp. Psa 48:2; and Lam 2:15, which unites phrases…
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