< Psalms 48 >
1 The song of salm, of the sones of Chore. The Lord is greet, and worthi to be preisid ful myche; in the citee of oure God, in the hooli hil of hym.
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 It is foundid in the ful out ioiyng of al erthe; the hil of Syon; the sidis of the north, the citee of the greet kyng.
beautiful elevation rejoicing all [the] land: country/planet mountain: mount Zion flank Zaphon town king many
3 God schal be knowun in the housis therof; whanne he schal take it.
God in/on/with citadel: palace her to know to/for high refuge
4 For lo! the kyngis of erthe weren gaderid togidere; thei camen into o place.
for behold [the] king to appoint to pass together
5 Thei seynge so wondriden; thei weren disturblid, thei weren mouyd togidere, tremblyng took hem.
they(masc.) to see: see so to astounded to dismay to hurry
6 There sorewis as of a womman trauelynge of child;
trembling to grasp them there agony like/as to beget
7 in a greet spirit thou schalt al to-breke the schippis of Tharsis.
in/on/with spirit: breath east to break fleet Tarshish
8 As we herden, so we sien, in the citee of the Lord of vertues, in the citee of oure God; God hath foundid that citee with outen ende.
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 God, we han resseyued thi mercy; in the myddis of thi temple.
to resemble God kindness your in/on/with entrails: among temple your
10 Aftir thi name, God, so thin heriyng is spred abrood in to the endis of erthe; thi riyt hond is ful of riytfulnesse.
like/as name your God so praise your upon boundary land: country/planet righteousness to fill right your
11 The hil of Sion be glad, and the douytris of Judee be fulli ioiful; for thi domes, Lord.
to rejoice mountain: mount Zion to rejoice daughter Judah because justice: judgement your
12 Cumpasse ye Syon, and biclippe ye it; telle ye in the touris therof.
to turn: surround Zion and to surround her to recount tower her
13 Sette ye youre hertis in the vertu of him; and departe ye the housis of hym, that ye telle out in an other generacioun.
to set: consider heart your to/for bulwark her to go through citadel: palace her because to recount to/for generation last
14 For this is God, oure God, in to withouten ende, and in to the world of world; he schal gouerne vs in to worldis.
for this God God our forever: enduring and perpetuity he/she/it to lead us upon to die