Psalm 48:3 {47:4}
Good News Translation
God has shown that there is safety with him inside the fortresses of the city.

New Revised Standard Version
Within its citadels God has shown himself a sure defense.

Contemporary English Version
God is there to defend it and has proved to be its protector.

New American Bible
God is in its citadel, renowned as a stronghold.

Douay-Rheims Bible
In her houses shall God be known, when he shall protect her.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

In her houses shall God be known, when he shall protect her.

Psalm 76:1-5 Unto the end, in praises, a psalm for Asaph: a canticle to the Assyrians. [2] In Judea God is known: his name is great in Israel. . . .

Psalm 125:1 A gradual canticle. They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Sion: he shall not be moved for ever that dwelleth

2 Chronicles 12:7 And when the Lord saw that they were humbled, the word of the Lord came to Semeias, saying: Because they are humbled, I will not destroy them, and I will give them a little help, and my wrath shall not fall upon Jerusalem by the hand of Sesac.

2 Chronicles 14:9-15 And Zara the Ethiopian came out against them with his army of ten hundred thousand men, and with three hundred chariots: and he came as far as Maresa. . . .

2 Chronicles 20:1 After this the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them of the Ammonites, were gathered together to fight against Josaphat.

Isaiah 4:5,6 And the Lord will create upon every place of mount Sion, and where he is called upon, a cloud by day, and a smoke and the brightness of a flaming fire in the night: for over all the glory shall be a protection. . . .

Isaiah 37:33-36 Wherefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of the Assyrians: He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow into it, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a trench about it. . . .

Zechariah 2:4,5 And he said to him: Run, speak to this young man, saying: Jerusalem shall be inhabited without walls, by reason of the multitude of men, and of the beasts in the midst thereof. . . .

Context
Broken Bondage
2With the joy of the whole earth is mount Sion founded, on the sides of the north, the city of the great king. 3In her houses shall God be known, when he shall protect her.4For behold the kings of the earth assembled themselves: they gathered together.…
Cross References
Psalm 46:7
The Lord of armies is with us: the God of Jacob is our protector.

Psalm 76:1
Unto the end, in praises, a psalm for Asaph: a canticle to the Assyrians. [2] In Judea God is known: his name is great in Israel.

Psalm 122:7
Let peace be in thy strength: and abundance in thy towers.

Jeremiah 30:18
Thus saith the Lord: Behold I will bring back the captivity of the pavilions of Jacob, and will have pity on his houses, and the city shall be built in her high place, and the temple shall be founded according to the order thereof.

Micah 4:8
And I will make her that halted, a remnant: and her that had been afflicted, a mighty nation: and the Lord will reign over them in Mount Sion, from this time now and forever.

Psalm 48:2
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