Psalms 48:14

this God: or, such a God.

even unto death = for evermore, according to some codices, five early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, and Vulgate The Massorites divided the one word ( 'almuth ) into two ( 'al moth) , making it = "over death". But the correspondence is with the preceding line, and with Psalms 48:8 , as shown in the Structure.

To the chief Musician. Though written (probably by Hezekiah, Isaiah 38:20 ) for this special occasion, it was handed over for public use in the Temple worship. couplets in one being answered by quatrains in the other. If written by Hezekiah after his recovery the date would be about 602 B.C.