Psalms 48:11

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Mount Zion rejoices; the towns of Judah are happy, because of your acts of judgment.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כְּשִׁמְךָ֤ אֱלֹהִ֗ים כֵּ֣ן תְּ֭הִלָּתְךָ עַל־קַצְוֵי־אֶ֑רֶץ צֶ֝֗דֶק מָלְאָ֥ה יְמִינֶֽךָ׃

Transliteration

Like šimkā ʾĕlōhîm so təhillātkā unto qaṣwê-ʾereṣ ṣedeq mālʾāh yəmînekā

Grammar Details

• *kəšimkā*: preposition + masculine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - like your name
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun - God
• *kēn*: adverb - so/thus
• *təhillātkā*: feminine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your praise
• *ʿal-qaṣwê*: preposition + masculine plural construct - to the ends of
• *ʾereṣ*: feminine singular noun - earth/land
• *ṣedeq*: masculine singular noun - righteousness
• *mālʾāh*: qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - is full of
• *yəmînekā*: feminine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your right hand

Word Meanings

• *šimkā*: your name/your reputation
• *təhillātkā*: your praise/your renown/your glory
• *qaṣwê-ʾereṣ*: ends of the earth/uttermost parts of the land
• *ṣedeq*: righteousness/justice/rightness
• *yəmînekā*: your right hand/your strength

Referenced Verses

• Ps 97:8 : 8 Zion hears and rejoices, the towns of Judah are happy, because of your judgments, O LORD.
• Ps 137:8-9 : 8 O daughter Babylon, soon to be devastated! How blessed will be the one who repays you for what you dished out to us! 9 How blessed will be the one who grabs your babies and smashes them on a rock!
• Song 1:5 : 5 The Country Maiden and the Daughters of JerusalemThe Beloved to the Maidens: I am dark but lovely, O maidens of Jerusalem, dark like the tents of Qedar, lovely like the tent curtains of Salmah.
• Song 2:7 : 7 The Beloved to the Maidens: I admonish you, O maidens of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and by the young does of the open fields: Do not awaken or arouse love until it pleases!
• Song 3:5 : 5 The Adjuration RefrainThe Beloved to the Maidens: I admonish you, O maidens of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and by the young does of the open fields:“Do not awake or arouse love until it pleases!”
• Song 5:16 : 16 His mouth is very sweet; he is totally desirable. This is my beloved! This is my companion, O maidens of Jerusalem!
• Isa 37:22 : 22 this is what the LORD says about him:“The virgin daughter Zion despises you– she makes fun of you; daughter Jerusalem shakes her head after you.
• Zech 9:9 : 9 Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Look! Your king is coming to you: he is legitimate and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey– on a young donkey, the foal of a female donkey.
• Luke 23:28 : 28 But Jesus turned to them and said,“Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
• Rev 15:4 : 4 Who will not fear you, O Lord, and glorify your name, because you alone are holy? All nations will come and worship before you for your righteous acts have been revealed.”
• Rev 16:5-7 : 5 Now I heard the angel of the waters saying:“You are just– the one who is and who was, the Holy One– because you have passed these judgments, 6 because they poured out the blood of your saints and prophets, so you have given them blood to drink. They got what they deserved!” 7 Then I heard the altar reply,“Yes, Lord God, the All-Powerful, your judgments are true and just!”
• Rev 18:20 : 20 (Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, for God has pronounced judgment against her on your behalf!)
• Rev 19:1-3 : 1 After these things I heard what sounded like the loud voice of a vast throng in heaven, saying,“Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, 2 because his judgments are true and just. For he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and has avenged the blood of his servants poured out by her own hands!” 3 Then a second time the crowd shouted,“Hallelujah!” The smoke rises from her forever and ever.
• Judg 5:31 : 31 May all your enemies perish like this, O LORD! But may those who love you shine like the rising sun at its brightest!” And the land had rest for forty years.
• 2 Chr 20:26-27 : 26 On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Berachah, where they praised the LORD. So that place is called the Valley of Berachah to this very day. 27 Then all the men of Judah and Jerusalem returned joyfully to Jerusalem with Jehoshaphat leading them; the LORD had given them reason to rejoice over their enemies.
• Ps 58:10 : 10 The godly will rejoice when they see vengeance carried out; they will bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked.