psalms 48:2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.

psalms 48:2 Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, Is Mount Zion [in] the far north, The city of the great King.

2, 3. situation--literally, "elevation."
joy of, &c.--source of joy.
sides of the north--poetically for eminent, lofty, distinguished, as the ancients believed the north to be the highest part of the earth (compare Isa 14:13).

psalms 48:2 Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, Is Mount Zion [in] the far north, The city of the great King.

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