< Psalms 48 >

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.
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 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, [is] mount Zion, [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 God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
God in/on/with citadel: palace her to know to/for high refuge
4 For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
for behold [the] king to appoint to pass together
5 They saw [it, and] so they marvelled; they were troubled, [and] hasted away.
they(masc.) to see: see so to astounded to dismay to hurry
6 Fear took hold upon them there, [and] pain, as of a woman in travail.
trembling to grasp them there agony like/as to beget
7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
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 will establish it for ever. (Selah)
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 thought of thy lovingkindness, 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 [is] thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
like/as name your God so praise your upon boundary land: country/planet righteousness to fill right your
11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
to rejoice mountain: mount Zion to rejoice daughter Judah because justice: judgement your
12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
to turn: surround Zion and to surround her to recount tower her
13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell [it] to the generation following.
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 God [is] our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide [even] unto death.
for this God God our forever: enduring and perpetuity he/she/it to lead us upon to die

< Psalms 48 >