Psalm 48
Another Psalm of praise and thanksgiving and confidence in the Lord watching over Jerusalem and His people.
I connected with verses 12 and 13: Walk about Zion, go around her, number her towers, consider well her ramparts, go through her citadels, that you may tell the next generation. I thought of how the Jews of old were constantly preparing the next generation, especially the importance of oral tradition: You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. (Speaking of God’s commandments, Deuteronomy 6:7) Verse 8 speaks of this generation having already heard “whatever” from their ancestors: As we have heard, so have we seen… All this to say that we should likewise be speaking of the things of God to our children – and not only when they’re young, but throughout their lifetime. And even on a non-spiritual note, tell your stories to your kids, especially when they are older. My dad and my mom met in Paris when they were both serving in the Army in World War II. There’s so much that I don’t know, that I’d like to know, but I never asked until very late and then quickly it became too late. Tell your stories.