Psalms 48

1 “A song and psalm by the sons of Korach.” Great is the Lord, and highly praised in the city of our God, [in] his holy mountain.

A song a psalm of [the] sons of Korah. [is] great Yahweh and [is] to be praised exceedingly in [the] city of God our [the] mountain of holiness his.

2 A beautiful district, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, the farthest north, the city of the great King.

[it is] beautiful of Height [the] joy of all the earth [the] mountain of Zion [the] remotest parts of Zaphon [the] town of [the] king great.

3 God is become known in her palaces as a defence.

God [is] in fortresses its he has made himself known to a refuge.

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

For there! the kings they assembled they passed on together.

5 They indeed saw—[and] so they were astonished; they were terrified, they were confounded.

They they saw thus they were astonished they were terrified they hurried away.

6 Trembling seized on them there, pain, as on a woman in travail.

Trembling it seized them there anguish like [woman] giving birth.

7 With the east wind thou breakest the ships of Tharshish.

With a wind of [the] east you shatter ships of Tarshish.

8 As we have heard, so have we seen [it] in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. (Selah)

Just as we have heard - so we have seen in [the] city of Yahweh of hosts in [the] city of God our God he will establish it until perpetuity (Selah)

9 We have reflected on thy kindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.

We have reflected on O God covenant loyalty your in [the] midst of temple your.

10 As thy name is, O God, so is thy praise over the ends of the earth: of righteousness is thy right hand full.

Like name your O God so praise your [is] over [the] ends of [the] earth righteousness it is full right [hand] your.

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

It will rejoice - [the] mountain of Zion they will be glad [the] daughters of Judah on account of judgments your.

12 Compass Zion about, and walk round about her; number her towers.

Go around Zion and go round it count towers its.

13 Direct your mind to her outer wall, mark carefully her palaces: in order that ye may tell it to the latest generation.

Set heart your - to rampart its walk through fortresses its so that you may recount [it] to a generation later.

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

For this - [is] God God our forever and ever he he will guide us on dying.