Psalms Chapter 48 verse 12 Holy Bible
Walk about Zion, and go round about her; Number the towers thereof;
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Make your way about Zion, and go round it, numbering its towers.
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Walk about Zion, and go round about her: count the towers thereof;
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Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
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Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
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Walk about Zion, and go around her. Number its towers;
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Compass Zion, and go round her, count her towers,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - Walk about Zion, and go round about her; tell the towers thereof. Admire, i.e., O Israelites, your glorious city, which God has preserved for you intact. Walk around it, view it on every side; observe its strength and beauty. Nay, count its towers, and see how many they are, that ye may form a true estimate of its defences, which render it well-nigh impregnable. Such a survey would "tend to the glorifying of the God of Israel, and to the strengthening of their faith" (Hengstenberg).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) Walk about Zion.--Notice here the strong patriotic feeling of Hebrew song. The inhabitants of the city are invited to make a tour of inspection of the defences which, under God's providence, have protected them from their foes. We are reminded of the fine passage in Shakespeare's Cymbeline, which gratefully recalls "the natural bravery" of our own island home, or of the national songs about our "wooden walls." Comparison has also been drawn between this passage and a similar burst of patriotic sentiment from the lips of a Grecian orator (Thuc. Ii. 53); but while the Greek thinks only of the men who made Athens strong, the Hebrew traces all back to God.(12) Tell--i.e., count. So in Milton, "Every shepherd tells his tale," i.e., counts his sheep.
