< Salme 48 >

1 (En sang. En salme af Koras sønner.) Stor og højlovet er vor Gud i sin Stad.
A song or Psalme committed to the sonnes of Korah. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praysed, in the Citie of our God, euen vpon his holy Mountaine.
2 Smukt løfter sig hans hellige Bjerg, al Jordens Fryd, Zions Bjerg i det højeste Nord, den store Konges By.
Mount Zion, lying Northwarde, is faire in situation: it is the ioy of the whole earth, and the Citie of the great King.
3 Som Værn gjorde Gud sig kendt i dens Borge.
In the palaces thereof God is knowen for a refuge.
4 Thi Kongerne samlede sig, rykked frem tilsammen;
For lo, the Kings were gathered, and went together.
5 de så og tav på Stedet, flyed i Angst,
When they sawe it, they marueiled: they were astonied, and suddenly driuen backe.
6 af Rædsel grebes de brat, af Veer som en, der føder.
Feare came there vpon them, and sorowe, as vpon a woman in trauaile.
7 Med Østenstormen knuser du Tarsisskibe.
As with an East winde thou breakest the shippes of Tarshish, so were they destroyed.
8 Som vi havde hørt det, så vi det selv i Hærskarers HERREs By, i vor Guds By; til evig Tid lader Gud den stå. (Sela)
As we haue heard, so haue we seene in the citie of the Lord of hostes, in the Citie of our God: God will stablish it for euer. (Selah)
9 I din Helligdom tænker vi, Gud, på din Miskundhed;
We waite for thy louing kindnes, O God, in the middes of thy Temple.
10 som dit Navn så lyder din Pris til Jordens Grænser. Din højre er fuld af Retfærd,
O God, according vnto thy Name, so is thy prayse vnto the worlds end: thy right hand is full of righteousnes.
11 Zions Bjerg fryder sig, Judas Døtre jubler over dine Domme.
Let mount Zion reioyce, and the daughters of Iudah be glad, because of thy iudgements.
12 Drag rundt om Zion, gå rundt og tæl dets Tårne,
Compasse about Zion, and goe round about it, and tell the towres thereof.
13 læg Mærke til dets Ringmur, så gennem dets Borge, at I kan melde Slægten, der
Marke well the wall thereof: beholde her towres, that ye may tell your posteritie.
14 kommer: Sådan er Gud, vor Gud for evigt og altid, han skal lede os.
For this God is our God for euer and euer: he shall be our guide vnto the death.

< Salme 48 >