King James Version
Psalms 48:11 in the King James Version says “Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 48 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.”
Psalms 48:11 · KJV
We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following. Mark: Heb. Set your heart to consider: or, raise up
KJV Study — Public Domain
“rejoice”
H8055probably to brighten up, i.e., (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
“be glad”
H1523properly, to spin round (under the influence of any violent emotion), i.e., usually rejoice, or (as cringing) fear
“let the daughters”
H1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
“of Judah”
H3063jehudah (or judah), the name of five israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that
“because of thy judgments”
H4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind
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