Randall Johnson

Beautiful Elevation – Psalm 48

Yahweh has made Jerusalem His capital and the location of His temple. That is why

This is a psalm in praise of the kingship of Yahweh. There are several such psalms.

Abarim-publications.com "guesses" that the term Alamoth "describes the sound coming

According to Jamieson-Fausset-Brown's commentary, this psalm is according to "Shoshannim—literally,

This is a psalm of lament by the sons of Korah, and a song of confusion. Israel

We can see from the similarity of wording, especially the refrain, "Why are you cast

BibleStudyTools.com tells us that a maskil denotes a specific type of musical performance

Similar to Psalm 40, David is reeling from divine discipline and experiencing others

Can you give God reasons to answer your prayers? David did. To the choirmaster.

There is a Jeduthun who was "head of a family of singers, whom David singled out

This is a penitential psalm as well as a plea for rescue from the enemy. When our

David, in his old age, is giving the wisdom he has learned about Yahweh and about

"Every astronaut, everybody who's been up into space, they say this, that it changes

60-Minutes reported that in 2019 the United States Supreme Court ruled that Curtis

This is one of the few psalms we have that gives us a historical setting in explanation