Psalms 48
1 A psalm of a canticle, for the sons of Core, on the second day of the week. Great is the Lord, and exceedingly to be praised in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
song melody to/for son: descendant/people Korah great: large LORD and to boast: praise much in/on/with city God our mountain: mount holiness his
2 With the joy of the whole earth is mount Sion founded, on the sides of the north, the city of the great king.
beautiful elevation rejoicing all [the] land: country/planet mountain: mount Zion flank Zaphon town king many
3 In her houses shall God be known, when he shall protect her.
God in/on/with citadel: palace her to know to/for high refuge
4 For behold the kings of the earth assembled themselves: they gathered together.
for behold [the] king to appoint to pass together
5 So they saw, and they wondered, they were troubled, they were moved:
they(masc.) to see: see so to astounded to dismay to hurry
6 Trembling took hold of them. There were pains as of a woman in labour.
trembling to grasp them there agony like/as to beget
7 With a vehement wind thou shalt break in pieces the ships of Tharsis.
in/on/with spirit: breath east to break fleet Tarshish
8 As we have heard, so have we seen, in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God hath founded it for ever.
like/as as which to hear: hear so to see: see in/on/with city LORD Hosts in/on/with city God our God to establish: establish her till forever: enduring (Selah)
9 We have received thy mercy, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
to resemble God kindness your in/on/with entrails: among temple your
10 According to thy name, O God, so also is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of justice.
like/as name your God so praise your upon boundary land: country/planet righteousness to fill right your
11 Let mount Sion rejoice, and the daughters of Juda be glad; because of thy judgments, O Lord.
to rejoice mountain: mount Zion to rejoice daughter Judah because justice: judgement your
12 Surround Sion, and encompass her: tell ye in her towers.
to turn: surround Zion and to surround her to recount tower her
13 Set your hearts on her strength; and distribute her houses, that ye may relate it in another generation.
to set: consider heart your to/for bulwark her to go through citadel: palace her because to recount to/for generation last
14 For this is God, our God unto eternity, and for ever and ever: he shall rule us for evermore.
for this God God our forever: enduring and perpetuity he/she/it to lead us upon to die
