“Truly the Lord is called great. For consider, he has poured exaltation and joy over all the orb of this earth where previously the land produced the most dreadful growth of sin; he has made joyful the earth that once abounded in sorrow, tears and groans. Now our conscience is set free from sin and can rejoice. Before…”
Ambrose of Milan, 4th c. — Commentaries on the Twelve Davidic Psalms, On Psalm 48
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2Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
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1Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
— Psalms 48:2 —
3God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
4For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.