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, by sons of Korah.
1Great [is] Jehovah, and praised greatly, In the city of our God — His holy hill.
2Beautiful [for] elevation, A joy of all the land, [is] Mount Zion, The sides of the north, the city of a great king.
3God in her high places is known for a tower.
4For, lo, the kings met, they passed by together,
5They have seen — so they have marvelled, They have been troubled, they were hastened away.
6Trembling hath seized them there, Pain, as of a travailing woman.
7By an east wind Thou shiverest ships of Tarshish.
8As we have heard, so we have seen, In the city of Jehovah of hosts, In the city of our God, God doth establish her — to the age. Selah.
9We have thought, O God, of Thy kindness, In the midst of Thy temple,
10As [is] Thy name, O God, so [is] Thy praise, Over the ends of the earth, Righteousness hath filled Thy right hand.
11Rejoice doth Mount Zion, The daughters of Judah are joyful, For the sake of Thy judgments.
12Compass Zion, and go round her, count her towers,
13Set your heart to her bulwark, Consider her high places, So that ye recount to a later generation,
14That this God [is] our God — To the age and for ever, He — he doth lead us over death!
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