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
Psalm 48
The Beauty and Glory of Zion.
A Song; a Psalm of the sons of Korah.
1Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised,
In the city of our God, His holy mountain.
2Fair and beautiful in elevation, the joy of all the earth,
Is Mount Zion [the City of David] in the far north,
The city of the great King. [Matt 5:35]
3God, in her palaces,
Has made Himself known as a stronghold.
4¶For, lo, the kings assembled themselves,
They [came and] passed by together.
5They saw it, then they were amazed;
They were stricken with terror, they fled in alarm.
6Panic seized them there,
And pain, as that of a woman in childbirth.
7With the east wind
You shattered 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 her forever. Selah.
9¶We have thought of Your lovingkindness, O God,
In the midst of Your temple.
10As is Your name, O God,
So is Your praise to the ends of the earth;
Your right hand is full of righteousness (rightness, justice).
11Let Mount Zion be glad,
Let the daughters of Judah rejoice
Because of Your [righteous] judgments.
12Walk about Zion, go all around her;
Count her towers,
13Consider her ramparts,
Go through her palaces,
That you may tell the next generation [about her glory].
14For this is God,
Our God forever and ever;
He will be our guide even until death.
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