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Psalms 48:1

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Great: Psalms 86:10, Psalms 99:3-4, Psalms 145:3, Psalms 147:5

greatly: Psalms 89:1-7; Nehemiah 9:5; Revelation 15:3-4, Revelation 19:5

city: Psalms 46:4, Psalms 65:1, Psalms 78:68, Psalms 87:3; Hebrews 12:22; Revelation 21:2, Revelation 21:10-22

mountain: Psalms 47:8, Psalms 99:9; Isaiah 2:2-3, Isaiah 27:13; Jeremiah 31:23; Obadiah 1:17; Micah 4:1; Zechariah 8:3; Matthew 24:15

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