Psalms 48

1 A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain.

2 Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.

3 God is in her citadels; He has shown Himself to be a fortress.

4 For behold, the kings assembled; they all advanced together.

5 They saw and were astounded; they fled in terror.

6 Trembling seized them there, anguish like a woman in labor.

7 With a wind from the east You wrecked the ships of Tarshish.

8 As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the LORD of Hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish her forever. Selah

9 Within Your temple, O God, we contemplate Your loving devotion.

10 Your name, O God, like Your praise, reaches to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness.

11 Mount Zion is glad, the daughters of Judah rejoice, on account of Your judgments.

12 March around Zion, encircle her, count her towers,

13 consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, that you may tell the next generation.

14 For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.

1 ¶ A Song [and] Psalm for the sons of Korah. Great [is] the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, [in] the mountain of his holiness.

2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, [is] mount Zion, [on] the sides of the north, the city of the great King.

3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge.

4 For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.

5 They saw [it, and] so they marvelled; they were troubled, [and] hasted away.

6 Fear took hold upon them there, [and] pain, as of a woman in travail.

7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.

8 ¶ 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 for ever. Selah.

9 We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.

10 According to thy name, O God, so [is] thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.

11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.

12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.

13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell [it] to the generation following.

14 For this God [is] our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide [even] unto death.

1 a psalm song of the children of Korah.

2 Great is the LORD, and highly renowned in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.

3 Mount Zion is as a goodly branch, which all the earth comforteth: on the north side is the city of the great king.

4 God is known in their palaces to be the protector.

5 For, behold, kings are gathered together, and passed by one another.

6 They marvelled when they saw these things; they were amazed, and fell.

7 trembling she arrived there, afraid like a woman in childbirth.

8 thou breakest ships in the sea by the east wind.

9 As we have heard, so we see it in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God upholdeth it for ever. Sela

10 God, we wait for your goodness in your temple.

11 God, as thy name, so is thy glory, even unto the end of the world: thy statutes are full of righteousness.

12 Let mount Zion rejoice, and let the daughters of Judah be glad because of thy statutes.

13 Make yourselves round about Zion, and compass her: number her towers.

14 Put diligence upon their walls, and exalt their palaces, that they may declare it unto their seed,

15 That this God may be our God for ever and ever. He leadeth us as the youth.