Psalms 48

1 A SONG. A PSALM OF THE SONS OF KORAH. Great [is] YHWH, and greatly praised, In the city of our God—His holy hill.

A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain.

2 Beautiful [for] elevation, A joy of all the land, [is] Mount Zion, The sides of the north, the city of [the] great King.

Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.

3 God is known for a tower in her high places.

God is in her citadels; He has shown Himself to be a fortress.

4 For behold, the kings met, they passed by together,

For behold, the kings assembled; they all advanced together.

5 They have seen—so they have marveled, They have been troubled, they were hurried away.

They saw and were astounded; they fled in terror.

6 Trembling has seized them there, Pain, as of a travailing woman.

Trembling seized them there, anguish like a woman in labor.

7 By an east wind You shatter ships of Tarshish.

With a wind from the east You wrecked the ships of Tarshish.

8 As we have heard, so we have seen, In the city of YHWH of hosts, In the city of our God, God establishes her for all time. (Selah)

As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the LORD of Hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish her forever.

9 We have thought, O God, of Your kindness, In the midst of Your temple,

Within Your temple, O God, we contemplate Your loving devotion.

10 As [is] Your Name, O God, so [is] Your praise, Over the ends of the earth, Righteousness has filled Your right hand.

Your name, O God, like Your praise, reaches to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness.

11 Mount Zion rejoices, The daughters of Judah are joyful, For the sake of Your judgments.

Mount Zion is glad, the daughters of Judah rejoice, on account of Your judgments.

12 Surround Zion, and go around her, count her towers,

March around Zion, encircle her, count her towers,

13 Set your heart to her bulwark, Consider her high places, So that you recount to a later generation,

consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, that you may tell the next generation.

14 That this God [is] our God—For all time and forever, He leads us over death!

For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.