We have thought on your steadfast love, O God,
in the midst of your temple.
As your name, O God,
so your praise reaches to the ends of the earth.
Your right hand is filled with righteousness.
Psalm 48 is a song about Jerusalem. But it goes be young Jerusalem to the founder and maker of Jerusalem, Yahweh. As the writer(s) move from the stability of what God made (a city) he moves to who God is. The city is a picture of the stability of God in our lives. As the writer thinks about the strength and the safety of the city he moves to thinking about the steadfast love and righteousness of God. God has given us this world for the sole purpose of using it to display His glory. King David said it this way:
Psalms 19:1-3 (ESV)
The Law of the LORD Is Perfect
TO THE CHOIRMASTER. A PSALM OF DAVID.
The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.
Day to day pours out speech,
and night to night reveals knowledge.
There is no speech, nor are there words,
whose voice is not heard.
We can rejoice in the beauty, power and strength of created things. We can see their value to us. But if we do not see the Creator behind the creation we have so missed the point of God’s message to us. God gave the nation of Israel, Jerusalem. This is the there physical place of refuge. But it is ONLY a symbol of the bigger and personal God, their true hope and strength and refuge.
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