Psalms 48 · Verse 13

Psalms 48:13

Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.
Psalms 48:13, King James Version

Psalms 48:13 in other translations

BSBconsider her ramparts, tour her citadels, that you may tell the next generation.
WEBNotice her bulwarks. Consider her palaces, that you may tell it to the next generation.
ASVMark ye well her bulwarks; Consider her palaces: That ye may tell it to the generation following.
YLTSet your heart to her bulwark, Consider her high places, So that ye recount to a later generation,
DARBYMark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces: that ye may tell it to the generation following.
BBETake note of its strong walls, looking well at its fair buildings; so that you may give word of it to the generation which comes after.
WebsterMark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.

What does Psalms 48:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 48:12-14

12-14. The call to survey Zion, or the Church, as a fortified city, is designed to suggest "how well our God secures His fold." This security is perpetual, and its pledge is His guidance through this life.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 Mark ye well her bulwarks - See the redoubts by which she is defended. Consider her palaces - See her courts, chambers, altars, etc., etc.; make an exact register of the whole, that ye may have to tell to your children how Jerusalem was built in troublesome times; how God restored you; and how he put it into the hearts of the heathen to assist to build, beautify, and adorn the temple of our God.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 48:8-14

We have here the improvement which the people of God are to make of his glorious and gracious appearances for them. Let our faith in the word of God be hereby confirmed. Let our hope of the stability of the church be encouraged. Let our minds be filled with good thoughts of God. All the streams of mercy that flow down to us, must be traced to the fountain of His loving-kindness. Let us give to God the glory of the…

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Psalms 48:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

שִׁ֤יתוּShi.tusetH7896
לִבְּכֶ֨ם\׀li.be.Khemheart yourH3820
לְֽחֵילָ֗הle.chei.Lahto rampart itsH2430
פַּסְּג֥וּpa.se.Guwalk throughH6448
אַרְמְנוֹתֶ֑יהָ'ar.me.no.Tei.hafortresses itsH759
לְמַ֥עַןle.Ma.'anso thatH4616
תְּ֝סַפְּר֗וּte.sa.pe.Ruyou may recount [it]H5608
לְד֣וֹרle.Dorto a generationH1755
אַחֲרֽוֹן\׃'a.cha.RonlaterH314

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 48:13

  • Psalms 71:18

    Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.

  • Psalms 122:7

    Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.

  • Psalms 78:4-6

    We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done. For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children:

  • Deuteronomy 11:19

    And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

  • Joel 1:3

    Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.

  • Amos 9:11

    In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:

  • Isaiah 58:12

    And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.

  • Acts 15:14-16

    Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name. And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written, After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Mark ye well. Heb. Set your heart to. consider. or, raiseup.
Isa 58:12; Am 9:11; Ac 15:14-16
that ye.
71:18; 78:4; De 11:19; Joe 1:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 48:12

    Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.

  • Psalms 48:13

    Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.

  • Psalms 48:14

    For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.

Read all of Psalms 48

Psalms 48:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Poned vuestro corazón á su antemuro, mirad sus palacios; para que lo contéis á la generación venidera.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Faites le tour de Sion, et faites-en le circuit; comptez ses tours,
German
Elberfelder 1871		Betrachtet genau seine Wälle, mustert seine Paläste, damit ihrs erzählet dem künftigen Geschlecht!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et homo, cum in honore esset, non intellexit. Comparatus est jumentis insipientibus, et similis factus est illis.