Matthew Henry Commentary Psalms 48:8-14

"As we have heard, so have we seen In the city of Jehovah of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah We have thought on thy lovingkindness, O God, In the midst of thy temple. As is thy name, O God, So is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: Thy right hand is full of righteousness. Let mount Zion be glad, Let the daughters of Judah rejoice, Because of thy judgments. Walk about Zion, and go round about her; Number the towers thereof; Mark ye well her bulwarks; Consider her palaces: That ye may tell it to the generation following. For this God is our God for ever and ever: He will be our guide [even] unto death." — Psalms 48:8-14 (ASV)

Here we see the application that God's people are to make of His glorious and gracious appearances on their behalf. Let our faith in the word of God be confirmed by this. Let our hope for the stability of the church be encouraged. Let our minds be filled with good thoughts of God.

All the streams of mercy that flow down to us must be traced to the fountain of His loving-kindness. Let us give God the glory for the great things He has done for us. Let all the members of the church take comfort from what the Lord does for His church. Let us observe the beauty, strength, and safety of the church.

Consider its strength; see it founded on Christ the Rock, fortified by the Divine power, guarded by Him who neither slumbers nor sleeps. See what precious ordinances are its palaces, what precious promises are its bulwarks, so that you may be encouraged to join yourselves to it and to tell this to others. This God, who has now done such great things for us, is unchangeable in His love to us and His care for us.

If He is our God, He will lead and keep us even to the end. He will so guide us as to set us above the reach of death, so that it will not do us any real hurt. He will lead us to a life in which there will be no more death.