Psalm 46:4

New English Translation

The river’s channels bring joy to the city of God, the special, holy dwelling place of the sovereign One.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 6:6

But now I have chosen Jerusalem as a place to live, and I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.’

Psalm 23:2

He takes me to lush pastures, he leads me to refreshing water.

Psalm 43:3

Reveal your light and your faithfulness! They will lead me, they will escort me back to your holy hill, and to the place where you live.

Psalm 48:1

The Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise in the city of our God, his holy hill.

Psalm 48:8

We heard about God’s mighty deeds, now we have seen them, in the city of the Lord, the invincible Warrior, in the city of our God. God makes it permanently secure. (Selah)

Psalm 65:9

You visit the earth and give it rain; you make it rich and fertile with overflowing streams full of water. You provide grain for them, for you prepare the earth to yield its crops.

Psalm 87:3

People say wonderful things about you, O city of God. (Selah)

Psalm 91:1

As for you, the one who lives in the shelter of the sovereign One, and resides in the protective shadow of the mighty king –

Psalm 92:1

It is fitting to thank the Lord, and to sing praises to your name, O sovereign One!

Psalm 92:8

But you, O Lord, reign forever!

Psalm 93:3

The waves roar, O Lord, the waves roar, the waves roar and crash.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see the extortion of the poor, or the perversion of justice and fairness in the government, do not be astonished by the matter. For the high official is watched by a higher official, and there are higher ones over them!

Isaiah 48:18

If only you had obeyed my commandments, prosperity would have flowed to you like a river, deliverance would have come to you like the waves of the sea.

Isaiah 60:14

The children of your oppressors will come bowing to you; all who treated you with disrespect will bow down at your feet. They will call you, ‘The City of the Lord, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.’

Micah 6:6

With what should I enter the Lord’s presence? With what should I bow before the sovereign God? Should I enter his presence with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?

Hebrews 12:22

But you have come to Mount Zion, the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, to the assembly

Revelation 21:10

So he took me away in the Spirit to a huge, majestic mountain and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God.