< Psalms 48 >

1 A Song [and] Psalm for the sons of Korah. Great [is] the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, [in] the mountain of his holiness.
A Melodious Song. For the Sons of Korah. Great is Yahweh, and worthy to be mightily praised, In the city of our God, His holy mountain.
2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, [is] mount Zion, [on] the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
Beautiful in elevation, the joy of all the land, Is Mount Zion, in the recesses of the north, —The city of a great king.
3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
God, in her palaces, is to be known as a high tower.
4 For lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
For lo! Kings—Met as appointed, Passed by together;
5 They saw [it], [and] so they wondered; they were troubled, [and] hasted away.
They themselves, saw, So, were they amazed, Dismayed—they hurried way!
6 Fear took hold upon them there, [and] pain, as of a woman in travail.
Trembling, seized them, there, Pangs. like hers who is in travail.
7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
With an east wind, wilt thou shatter the ships of Tarshish.
8 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)
Just as we have heard, So, have we seen, In the city of Yahweh of hosts, In the city of our God, God himself, will establish her, unto times age-abiding. (Selah)
9 We have thought of thy loving-kindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
We have thought, O God, upon thy lovingkindness, In the midst of thy temple:
10 According to thy name, O God, so [is] thy praise to the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
According to thy Name, O God, So, be thy praise, unto the ends of the earth, With righteousness, is, thy right hand, filled.
11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
Let Mount Zion rejoice, Let the daughters of Judah exult, Because of thy judgments.
12 Walk about Zion, and go round her: number her towers.
Go round Zion, and compass her about, Reckon up her towers;
13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell [it] to the generation following.
Apply your mind to her rampart, Pass between her palaces, That ye may recount them to an after generation;
14 For this God [is] our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide [even] to death.
For, this God, is our God, to times age-abiding and beyond, He himself, will conduct us till death.

< Psalms 48 >