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Psalm 48:8

As we have heard, so we have seen, in the city of the LORD of Armies, in the city of our God. God will establish it forever. Selah.

6Trembling took hold of them there, pain, as of a woman in travail.
7With the east wind, you break the ships of Tarshish.
8As we have heard, so we have seen, in the city of the LORD of Armies, in the city of our God. God will establish it forever. Selah.
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.
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The movement from hearing to seeing marks the joy of finding that accounts of God's help agree with what his people have witnessed in his city.

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Where else Scripture says this

10 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 46:4There is a river, the streams of which make the city of God glad, the holy place of the tents of the Most High.Both name the city of God, with Psalm 46 describing its gladness and Psalm 48 declaring that God will establish it.
Psalm 101:8Morning by morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land, to cut off all the workers of iniquity from the LORD’s city.Both speak of the LORD's city; Psalm 48 credits God with establishing it, while Psalm 101 speaks of destroying its evildoers.
Revelation 3:12He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will go out from there no more. I will write on him the name of my God and the name …Both name the city of God and speak of permanence: God establishes the city forever, and the overcomer remains in his temple.
Psalm 87:5Yes, of Zion it will be said, “This one and that one was born in her;” the Most High himself will establish her.Both credit God himself with establishing his city, with Psalm 87 naming Zion and Psalm 48 declaring that it will endure forever.
Micah 4:1But in the latter days, it will happen that the mountain of the LORD’s temple will be established on the top of the mountains, and it will be exalted above the …Both describe an established place belonging to God: the city in the psalm and the mountain of his temple in Micah.
Psalm 78:3which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.Both refer to what God's people have heard; Psalm 78 names their fathers as tellers, while Psalm 48 adds what they have seen.
Isaiah 2:2It shall happen in the latter days, that the mountain of the LORD’s house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be raised above the …Both speak of God’s place being established: Psalm 48 names his city, while Isaiah describes the mountain of his house.
Matthew 16:18I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.Both express lasting security through divine action: God will establish his city forever, and Jesus will build an assembly that Hades cannot overcome.
Isaiah 1:21How the faithful city has become a prostitute! She was full of justice. Righteousness lodged in her, but now there are murderers.The shared setting is a city: Psalm 48 celebrates its security, while Isaiah mourns its lost justice and present violence.
Isaiah 38:19The living, the living, he shall praise you, as I do today. The father shall make known your truth to the children.Both connect knowledge of God with spoken testimony: the psalm recalls what was heard, and Isaiah describes a father teaching his children.
Where this verse fits

Gratitude. fear for the future. praise and worship.

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Encouragement

The city's future rests on God's power to establish it. The worshipers have seen his help, and their confidence reaches beyond their own lifetimes: “God will establish it forever.”

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