Kabbalah Mazmur 48:1: Zohar

R. Hiya said: ‘One day I was on my way to visit R. Simeon to learn from him the portion of the Passover. In a certain mountain which I passed I saw some clefts in a rock and two men sitting in one. As I went along I caught the sound of their voices saying: “A song, a psalm of the sons of Korah.” Why both song and psalm? We have learnt in the name of R. Simeon that this is a double song, and therefore superior to other songs. So, too, with the expressions, “A psalm, a song for the Sabbath day” (Ps. 92, 1), or “Song of songs” (S.S. 1, 1): the doubling is a sign of pre-eminence.

R. Hiya said: ‘One day I was on my way to visit R. Simeon to learn from him the portion of the Passover. In a certain mountain which I passed I saw some clefts in a rock and two men sitting in one. As I went along I caught the sound of their voices saying: “A song, a psalm of the sons of Korah.” Why both song and psalm? We have learnt in the name of R. Simeon that this is a double song, and therefore superior to other songs. So, too, with the expressions, “A psalm, a song for the Sabbath day” (Ps. 92, 1), or “Song of songs” (S.S. 1, 1): the doubling is a sign of pre-eminence.