Psalms 48:1 - Exposition

Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised ; rather, great is the Lord , and greatly is he praised. The psalmist speaks of what is, not of what ought to be. Jehoshaphat had solemnly praised God for the deliverance from the Moabites and Ammonites, both in the valley of Berachah, when he came upon the bodies of the slain ( 2 Chronicles 20:26 ), and in the temple after his return to Jerusalem ( 2 Chronicles 20:28 ). In the city of our God (comp. Psalms 46:4 ; Psalms 101:8 ). In the mountain of his holiness. The "holy hill of Zion" ( Psalms 2:6 ), on which the temple and a great part of the city stood.