Psalms 48
48
Psalm 48
A song; a psalm by Korah’s descendants.
1The Lord is great.
He should be highly praised.
His holy mountain is in the city of our God.
2Its beautiful peak is the joy of the whole earth.
Mount Zion is on the northern ridge.
It is the city of the great king.
3God is in its palaces.
He has proved that he is a stronghold.
4The kings have gathered.
They marched together.
5 ⌞When⌟ they saw ⌞Mount Zion⌟,
they were astonished.
They were terrified and ran away in fear.
6Trembling seized them
like the trembling that a woman experiences during labor.
7With the east wind you smash the ships of Tarshish.
8The things we had only heard about, we have now seen
in the city of the Lord of Armies,
in the city of our God.
God makes Zion stand firm forever. Selah
9Inside your temple we carefully reflect on your mercy, O God.
10Like your name, O God,
your praise ⌞reaches⌟ to the ends of the earth.
Your right hand is filled with righteousness.
11Let Mount Zion be glad
and the cities of Judah rejoice
because of your judgments.
12Walk around Zion.
Go around it.
Count its towers.
13Examine its embankments.
Walk through its palaces.
Then you can tell the next generation,
14“This God is our God forever and ever.
He will lead us beyond death.”
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Psalms 48
48
A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
1Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised
in the city of our God, in His holy mountain.
2#Ps 63:1; 84:2 Beautiful in elevation,
the joy of the whole earth,
is Mount Zion, on the sides of the north,
the city of the great King.
3#Ps 79:10; 80:5 God is known in her citadels
as a refuge.
4#Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8 For the kings were assembled,
they passed by together.
5#Ps 42:11; 43:5 They saw it, and so they were astounded;
they were alarmed, they hurried away.
6#2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8–9 Trembling seized them there,
and pain like a woman in labor;
7#Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3 You break the ships of Tarshish
with an east wind.
8#Job 35:10; Ps 63:6 As 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 forever. Selah
9#Ps 38:6; 18:2 We have thought of Your lovingkindness, O God,
in the midst of Your temple.
10#Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17 According to Your name, O God,
so is Your praise to the ends of the earth;
Your right hand is full of righteousness.
11#Ps 42:5; 43:5 May Mount Zion rejoice,
may the daughters of Judah be glad,
because of Your judgments.
12Walk about Zion, and go round about her;
count her towers;
13mark well her bulwarks;
consider her citadels;
that you may tell it to the generation following.
14For this God is our God forever and ever;
He will be our guide even to death.
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