Psalms 48
48
(A song and a psalm by the clan of Korah.)
The City of God
1The Lord God is wonderful!
He deserves all praise
in the city where he lives.
His holy mountain,
2 #
Mt 5.35. beautiful and majestic,
brings joy to all on earth.
Mount Zion, truly sacred,
is home for the Great King.
3God is there to defend it
and has proved to be
its protector.
4Kings joined forces
to attack the city,
5but when they saw it,
they were terrified
and ran away.
6They trembled all over
like women giving birth
7or like seagoing ships#48.7 seagoing ships: The Hebrew text has “ships of Tarshish,” which probably means large, seagoing ships.
wrecked by eastern winds.
8We had heard about it,
and now we have seen it
in the city of our God,
the Lord All-Powerful.
This is the city that God
will let stand forever.
9Our God, here in your temple
we think about your love.
10You are famous and praised
everywhere on earth,
as you win victories
with your powerful arm.
11Mount Zion will celebrate,
and all Judah will be glad,
because you bring justice.
12Let's walk around Zion
and count its towers.
13We will see its strong walls
and visit each fortress.
Then you can say
to future generations,
14“Our God is like this forever
and will always#48.14 always: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text. guide us.”
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Psalm 48
48
The Beauty and Glory of Zion
A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah.
1Great is the Lord,
and greatly to be praised
in the city of our God,
in the mountain of his holiness.
2 #
Matt 5.35. Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth,
is mount Zion, on the sides of the north,
the city of the great King.
3God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
4For, lo, the kings were assembled,
they passed by together.
5They saw it, and so they marveled;
they were troubled, and hasted away.
6Fear took hold upon them there,
and pain, as of a woman in travail.
7Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish
with an east wind.
8As we have heard, so have we seen
in the city of the Lord of hosts,
in the city of our God:
God will establish it for ever. Selah.
9We have thought of thy loving-kindness, O God,
in the midst of thy temple.
10According to thy name, O God,
so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth:
thy right hand is full of righteousness.
11Let mount Zion rejoice,
let the daughters of Judah be glad,
because of thy judgments.
12Walk about Zion, and go round about her:
tell the towers thereof.
13Mark ye well her bulwarks,
consider her palaces;
that ye may tell it to the generation following.
14For this God is our God for ever and ever:
he will be our guide even unto death.
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