Salme 48

1 (En sang. En salme af Koras sønner.) Stor og højlovet er vor Gud i sin Stad.

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 Smukt løfter sig hans hellige Bjerg, al Jordens Fryd, Zions Bjerg i det højeste Nord, den store Konges By.

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 Som Værn gjorde Gud sig kendt i dens Borge.

God is known in her palaces for a refuge.

4 Thi Kongerne samlede sig, rykked frem tilsammen;

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

5 de så og tav på Stedet, flyed i Angst,

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

6 af Rædsel grebes de brat, af Veer som en, der føder.

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

7 Med Østenstormen knuser du Tarsisskibe.

Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.

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 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 I din Helligdom tænker vi, Gud, på din Miskundhed;

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

10 som dit Navn så lyder din Pris til Jordens Grænser. Din højre er fuld af Retfærd,

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

11 Zions Bjerg fryder sig, Judas Døtre jubler over dine Domme.

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

12 Drag rundt om Zion, gå rundt og tæl dets Tårne,

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

13 læg Mærke til dets Ringmur, så gennem dets Borge, at I kan melde Slægten, der

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

14 kommer: Sådan er Gud, vor Gud for evigt og altid, han skal lede os.

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