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Psalm 48:11
Let Mount Zion be glad! Let the daughters of Judah rejoice because of your judgments.
9We have thought about your loving kindness, God, in the middle of your temple.
10As is your name, God, so is your praise to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is full of righteousness.
11Let Mount Zion be glad! Let the daughters of Judah rejoice because of your judgments.
12Walk about Zion, and go around her. Number its towers.
13Notice her bulwarks. Consider her palaces, that you may tell it to the next generation.
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Gladness spreads from Mount Zion to the daughters of Judah, making God’s judgments a cause for shared joy that may challenge your expectations.
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Psalm 97:8Zion heard and was glad. The daughters of Judah rejoiced because of your judgments, LORD.Both passages name Zion and the daughters of Judah, linking their gladness to God’s judgments.
Isaiah 35:1The wilderness and the dry land will be glad. The desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.Both describe places as glad and rejoicing, extending the language of joy to Zion here and the wilderness in Isaiah.
Revelation 18:20“Rejoice over her, O heaven, you saints, apostles, and prophets, for God has judged your judgment on her.”Both urge rejoicing because God has judged, addressing Judah in the psalm and heaven with God’s people in Revelation.
Revelation 15:4Who wouldn’t fear you, Lord, and glorify your name? For you only are holy. For all the nations will come and worship before you. For your righteous acts have …God’s judgments prompt rejoicing in the psalm; his revealed righteous acts prompt worship in Revelation.
Revelation 19:1–3After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation, power, and glory belong to our God;Both express communal joy directed toward God, with Zion rejoicing here and a multitude praising God in heaven.
Revelation 16:5–7I heard the angel of the waters saying, “You are righteous, who are and who were, O Holy One, because you have judged these things.Both respond to God’s judgments with approval: Judah is told to rejoice, and the angel declares God righteous.
Psalm 35:9My soul shall be joyful in the LORD. It shall rejoice in his salvation.Both locate joy in what God does, naming his judgments in Psalm 48 and his salvation in Psalm 35.
Luke 23:28But Jesus, turning to them, said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, don’t weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.Both address daughters associated with Judah or Jerusalem, though Jesus speaks of weeping where the psalm speaks of rejoicing.
Zechariah 9:9Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King comes to you! He is righteous, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a …Both urge Zion to rejoice, with the psalm naming God’s judgments and Zechariah announcing the arrival of a righteous king.
Psalm 106:5that I may see the prosperity of your chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may glory with your inheritance.Both describe joy shared among God’s people, whether Judah rejoicing together or one person seeking to share the nation’s gladness.
Psalm 119:164Seven times a day, I praise you, because of your righteous ordinances.Both make God’s just rule grounds for praise or rejoicing, naming his judgments here and his righteous ordinances in Psalm 119.
Jeremiah 49:2Therefore behold, the days come,” says the LORD, “that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and it will become a …The shared language of daughters marks a sharp contrast: Judah rejoices, while Rabbah’s daughters face judgment by fire.
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God’s judgments belong to the same God whose loving kindness fills the preceding lines. Judah’s joy rests on his character: his right hand is full of righteousness.
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