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.

GREAT is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.

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 for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.

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

God is known in her palaces for a refuge.

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

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

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

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

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

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

7 By an east wind You shatter ships of Tarshish.

Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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