Psalms 48
1 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
Yahweh is great, and he deserves to be greatly praised in the city where he [lives], [which is built on Zion], his sacred hill.
2 beautiful elevation rejoicing all [the] land: country/planet mountain: mount Zion flank Zaphon town king many
That city, on a high [hill], is beautiful; it is the city where the true [God], the great king, [lives], and it causes people all over the world to rejoice [when they see it].
3 God in/on/with citadel: palace her to know to/for high refuge
God is in the strong towers there, and he shows that he protects the people in that city.
4 for behold [the] king to appoint to pass together
Many kings gathered [with their armies] to attack [that city],
5 they(masc.) to see: see so to astounded to dismay to hurry
but when they saw it, they were amazed; they became terrified, and ran away.
6 trembling to grasp them there agony like/as to beget
Because they were very afraid, they trembled like a woman who is about to give birth to a child;
7 in/on/with spirit: breath east to break fleet Tarshish
they shook [like] ships sailing from Tarshish are shaken by a strong wind.
8 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)
We had heard [that this city is glorious], and now we have seen that it is. It is the city in which Yahweh, the almighty one, [lives]. It is the city which God will preserve/protect forever.
9 to resemble God kindness your in/on/with entrails: among temple your
God, [here] in your temple we think about how you faithfully love us.
10 like/as name your God so praise your upon boundary land: country/planet righteousness to fill right your
You [MTY] are famous and (are praised/people praise you) all over the earth, because you rule powerfully [MTY] and justly.
11 to rejoice mountain: mount Zion to rejoice daughter Judah because justice: judgement your
The people who live near Zion Hill should be happy! The people in [all] the cities [MTY] in Judah should rejoice because you judge people fairly.
12 to turn: surround Zion and to surround her to recount tower her
[You Israeli people should] walk around Zion [Hill] and count the towers there;
13 to set: consider heart your to/for bulwark her to go through citadel: palace her because to recount to/for generation last
notice the walls there and examine the forts in order that you can tell about them to your children.
14 for this God God our forever: enduring and perpetuity he/she/it to lead us upon to die
[Say to them], “This is [the city that belongs to] our God, [the one who lives] forever; he will guide us all of our lives.”
