Psalms 48:3

Brenton's Septuagint

God is known in her palaces, when he undertakes to help her.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
God is known as a strongholdin its citadels.

Hebrew Names Version
God has shown himself in her citadels as a refuge.

King James Version
God is known in her palaces for a refuge.

English Standard Version
Within her citadels God has made himself known as a fortress.

New Century Version
God is within its palaces; he is known as its defender.

New English Translation
God is in its fortresses; he reveals himself as its defender.

Amplified Bible
God, in her palaces, Has made Himself known as a stronghold.

New American Standard Bible
In its palaces, God has made Himself known as a stronghold.

World English Bible
God has shown himself in her citadels as a refuge.

Geneva Bible (1587)
In the palaces thereof God is knowen for a refuge.

Legacy Standard Bible
God, in her palaces,Has made Himself known as a stronghold.

Berean Standard Bible
God is in her citadels; He has shown Himself to be a fortress.

Contemporary English Version
God is there to defend it and has proved to be its protector.

Complete Jewish Bible
beautiful in its elevation, the joy of all the earth, Mount Tziyon, in the far north, the city of the great king.

Darby Translation
God is known in her palaces as a high fortress.

Easy-to-Read Version
In the palaces of that city, God is known as the fortress.

George Lamsa Translation
God shows his might in her walled cities.

Good News Translation
God has shown that there is safety with him inside the fortresses of the city.

Lexham English Bible
God is in her citadels; he is known as a high stronghold.

Literal Translation
God is known in her strongholds for a refuge.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
God is well knowne in hir palaces, yt he is the defence of the same.

American Standard Version
God hath made himself known in her palaces for a refuge.

Bible in Basic English
In its buildings God is seen to be a high tower.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Fair in situation, the joy of the whole earth;

King James Version (1611)
God is knowen in her palaces for a refuge.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
God is well knowen in her palaces: as a most sure refuge.

English Revised Version
God hath made himself known in her palaces for a refuge.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
God schal be knowun in the housis therof; whanne he schal take it.

Update Bible Version
God has made himself known in her palaces for a refuge.

Webster's Bible Translation
God is known in her palaces for a refuge.

New King James Version
God is in her palaces; He is known as her refuge.

New Living Translation
God himself is in Jerusalem's towers, revealing himself as its defender.

New Life Bible
God has made Himself known as a safe place in that city.

New Revised Standard
Within its citadels God has shown himself a sure defense.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
God, in her palaces, is to be known as a high tower.

Douay-Rheims Bible
(47-4) In her houses shall God be known, when he shall protect her.

Revised Standard Version
Within her citadels God has shown himself a sure defense.

Young's Literal Translation
God in her high places is known for a tower.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
God, in her palaces, Has made Himself known as a stronghold.

Contextual Overview

¹ Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in his holy mountain. ² The city of the great King is well planted on the mountains of Sion, with the joy of the whole earth, on the sides of the north. ³ God is known in her palaces, when he undertakes to help her. ⁴ For, behold the kings of the earth were assembled, they came together. ⁵ They saw, and so they wondered: they were troubled, they were moved. ⁶ Trembling took hold on them: there were the pangs as of a woman in travail. ⁷ Thou wilt break the ships of Tharsis with a vehement wind.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Psalms 76:1-5, Psalms 125:1, 2 Chronicles 12:7, 2 Chronicles 14:9-15, 2 Chronicles 20:1-37, Isaiah 4:5, Isaiah 4:6, Isaiah 37:33-36, Zechariah 2:4, Zechariah 2:5

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 33:27 - refuge 1 Samuel 18:12 - afraid 2 Samuel 22:51 - the tower 1 Chronicles 19:19 - would Psalms 9:9 - The Lord Psalms 46:11 - the God Psalms 87:3 - Glorious Psalms 122:7 - within thy palaces Psalms 145:1 - my God Jeremiah 6:5 - let us destroy Lamentations 1:6 - from Ezekiel 48:35 - The Lord

Cross-References

Genesis 17:1
And Abram was ninety-nine years old, and the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, I am thy God, be well-pleasing before me, and be blameless.

Genesis 28:3
And may my God bless thee, and increase thee, and multiply thee, and thou shalt become gatherings of nations.

Genesis 48:6
And the children which thou shalt beget hereafter, shall be in the name of their brethren; they shall be named after their inheritances.

Genesis 48:7
And as for me, when I came out of Mesopotamia of Syria, Rachel, thy mother, died in the land of Chanaan, as I drew night to the horse-course of Chabratha of the land of Chanaan, so as to come to Ephratha; and I buried her in the road of the course; this is Bethlehem.

Genesis 48:9
And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God gave me here; and Jacob said, Bring me them, that I may bless them.

Genesis 48:12
And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and they did reverence to him, with their face to the ground.

Genesis 48:19
And he would not, but said, I know it, son, I know it; he also shall be a people, and he shall be exalted, but his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations.

Exodus 6:3
And I appeared to Abraam and Isaac and Jacob, being their God, but I did not manifest to them my name Lord.

Judges 1:23
And they encamped and surveyed Baethel: and the name of the city before was Luza.

Hosea 12:4
And he prevailed with the angel and was strong: they wept, and intreated me: they found me in the house of On, and there a word was spoken to them.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

God is known in her palaces for a refuge. As there were palaces in Jerusalem; see Psalms 48:13; so there are in the church of Christ; every place in it is a palace fit for a king; and everyone that has truly a name and a place there are kings and priests unto God: and here God is a "refuge" both for saints and sinners to fly unto;

Psalms 48:13- :; and is "known" to be so; the ministers of the Gospel being here appointed to direct and encourage souls to flee to Christ for refuge, who is the hope set before them in the everlasting Gospel, preached by them to lay hold upon; and all that do flee to him know, by experience, that he is a refuge for them; and as all the people of God do in every time of distress, and when all refuge fails them elsewhere.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

God is known in her palaces - The word rendered “palaces” here means properly a fortress, castle, or palace, so called from its height, from a verb, ארם 'âram, meaning to elevate, to lift up. It may be applied to any fortified place, and would be particularly applicable to a royal residence, as a castle or stronghold. The word “known” here means that it was well understood, or that the point had been fully tested and determined that God had chosen those abodes as his special residence - as the place where he might be found.

For a refuge - See the notes at Psalms 46:1. That is, there was safety or security in the God who had chosen Jerusalem as his special abode.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 48:3. God is known in her palaces for a refuge. — All those who worship there in spirit and truth, find God for their refuge. But the words may be understood: God is known for the defence of her palaces; and with this view of the subject agree the three following verses.