Self-interpreting Bible

0 To the chief Musician, ^aA Psalm and Song of David.

• a: Psalms 48

1 PRAISE ¹waiteth for thee, O God, ^bin Sion: and unto thee ^cshall the vow be performed.

• 1: Heb. is silent. Ps. 62.1,5; 84.4. , Ps. 62:1 , Ps. 62:5 , Ps. 84:4
• b: Ps. 76:2 , Ps. 78:68 , Ps. 78:69
• c: Ps. 56:12 , Ps. 76:11 , Ps. 66:13 , Ps. 66:14 , Ps. 119:106

2 O thou ^dthat hearest prayer, unto thee shall ^eall flesh come.

• d: Is. 45:11 , Da. 9:23
• e: Ps. 66:1 , Ps. 66:4 , Ps. 22:27 , Ps. 86:9 , Jn. 12:32 , Is. 56:7 , Zec. 8:21 - 23

3 ²Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.

• 2: Heb. Words, or matters of iniquities. Ps. 38.4; 40.13; 25.11. Ro. 7.24,25; 5.20,21. Mi. 7.18,19. He. 1.3; 9.14. 1Jn. 1.7,9. , Ps. 38:4 , Ps. 40:13 , Ps. 25:11 , Ro. 7:24 , Ro. 7:25 , Ro. 5:20 , Ro. 5:21 , Mi. 7:18 , Mi. 7:19 , He. 1:3 , He. 9:14 , 1Jn. 1:7 , 1Jn. 1:9

4 ^fBlessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that ^ghe may dwell in thy courts: we shall be ^hsatisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.

• f: Ps. 33:12 , Ps. 4:3 , Ps. 84:4 , Ps. 15:1 , Ps. 23:6
• g: Ps. 27:4
• h: Ps. 63:5 , Ps. 36:8 , Ps. 16:11 , Ps. 17:15 , Je. 31:12 - 14 , Je. 31:25 , Ep. 3:18 , Ep. 3:19

5 By ⁱterrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O ^jGod of our salvation; who art the ^kconfidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:

• i: Ps. 45:4 , Ps. 47:2 , Ps. 66:3 - 7 , Ps. 106:21 , Ps. 106:22 , De. 10:17 , De. 10:21 , Is. 37:35 , Is. 37:36 , Is. 37:38
• j: Ps. 68:19 , Ps. 68:20 , Ps. 62:5 , Ps. 62:8
• k: Ps. 104:27 , Is. 45:22 , Is. 45:24 , Is. 45:25 , Ac. 17:28 , He. 1:3

6 Which by his strength ^lset-teth fast the mountains; being ^m*girded with power:

• l: Ps. 119:90 , Ps. 24:2
• m: Ps. 93:1 , Ps. 147:5 , Ge. 18:14
• *: girded-secured with a belt or band, encircled.

7 Which ⁿstilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the ^otumult of the people.

• n: Ps. 89:9 , Ps. 107:29 , Ps. 46:2 , Ps. 46:3 , Mat. 8:26
• o: Ps. 2:1 - 5 , Ps. 76:10 , Ps. 124:1 - 5 , Is. 17:12 , Is. 17:13 , Eze. 38:4 , 2 Samuel 18 , 2 Samuel 20

8 They also that dwell in the ^*uttermost parts are afraid at ^pthy tokens: ^qthou makest the ^*outgoings of the morning and evening ³to rejoice.

• *: uttermost-outermost. , outgoings-limits or boundaries.
• p: Job 37:5 , Hab. 3:3 - 11 , Ps. 48:5 , Ps. 48:6 , Ps. 126:2 , Ps. 126:3
• q: Job 38:12 , Ps. 19:5 , Ps. 104:20 - 23
• 3: Or, to sing.

9 Thou visitest the earth, ⁴and waterest it: thou ^rgreatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so ^*provided for it.

• 4: Or, after thou hadst made it to desire rain.
• r: Ps. 68:9 , Ps. 104:13 , Ps. 104:14 , Ps. 46:4 , Je. 5:24 , De. 11:10 , De. 11:11 , De. 11:14 , Job 37:6
• *: provided-considered beforehand, taken thought for.

10 Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: ⁵thou settlest the furrows thereof: ⁶thou makest it soft with showers: thou ^sblessest the springing thereof.

• 5: Or, thou causest rain to descend into the furrows thereof.
• 6: Heb. thou dissolvest it.
• s: 1Co. 3:6 , 1Co. 3:7 , Ps. 147:8

11 Thou crownest ⁷the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.

• 7: Heb. the year of thy goodness.

12 They ^tdrop upon ^uthe pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills ⁸rejoice on every side.

• t: Job 38:26 , Job 38:27 , Ps. 147:8
• u: Je. 9:10
• 8: Heb. are girded with joy. Is. 35.1. , Is. 35:1

13 The ^vpastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.

• v: Is. 55:9 - 13 , Isaiah 49 , Isaiah 60 , Isaiah 65 , Jeremiah 31 , Jeremiah 33