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Atomic Bible
Psalms 48:2
Beautiful in loftiness,
from Broken Bondage, Psalms 48:1-14
What it says

Zion is beautiful in elevation and joy for all the earth, the city of the great King.

What it is doing

This verse celebrates the city's beauty as royal and theological.

In context

1A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. 2Beautiful in loftiness, 3God is in her citadels; 4For behold, the kings assembled; 5They saw and were astounded; 6Trembling seized them there, 7With a wind from the east 8As we have heard, so we have seen 9Within Your temple, O God, 10Your name, O God, like Your praise, 11Mount Zion is glad, 12March around Zion, encircle her, 13consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, 14For this God is our God forever and ever;