“Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is Mount Zion, on the north sides, the city of the great King.”
— WEB
Psalms 48:2
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“Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.”
— KJV
“Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, Is mount Zion, [on] the sides of the north, The city of the great King.”
— ASV
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Commentary
situation--literally, "elevation." joy of, &c.--source of joy. sides of the north--poetically for eminent, lofty, distinguished, as the ancients believed the north to be the highest part of the earth (compare Isa 14:13).
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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