Psalms 48
48
A Song; a Psalm of the sons of Korah.
1Great is the LORD, and highly to be praised,
In the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
2Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth,
Is mount Zion, on the sides of the north,
The city of the great King.
3God hath made himself known in her palaces for a refuge.
4For, lo, the kings assembled themselves,
They passed by together.
5They saw it, then were they amazed;
They were dismayed, they hasted away.
6Trembling took hold of them there;
Pain, as of a woman in travail.
7With the east wind
Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish.
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 on thy lovingkindness, O God,
In the midst of thy temple.
10As is thy name, O God,
So is thy praise unto the ends of the earth:
Thy right hand is full of righteousness.
11Let mount Zion be glad,
Let the daughters of Judah rejoice,
Because of thy judgements.
12Walk about Zion, and go round about her:
Tell the towers thereof.
13Mark ye welt 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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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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