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.

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] elevation, A joy of all the land, [is] Mount Zion, 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 for a tower in her high places.

God in/on/with citadel: palace her to know to/for high refuge

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

for behold [the] king to appoint to pass together

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

they(masc.) to see: see so to astounded to dismay to hurry

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

trembling to grasp them there agony like/as to beget

7 By an east wind You shatter ships of Tarshish.

in/on/with spirit: breath east to break fleet 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)

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, O God, of Your kindness, In the midst of Your temple,

to resemble God kindness your in/on/with entrails: among temple your

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

like/as name your God so praise your upon boundary land: country/planet righteousness to fill right your

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

to rejoice mountain: mount Zion to rejoice daughter Judah because justice: judgement your

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

to turn: surround Zion and to surround her to recount tower her

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

to set: consider heart your to/for bulwark her to go through citadel: palace her because to recount to/for generation last

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

for this God God our forever: enduring and perpetuity he/she/it to lead us upon to die