Psalms 48

1 A Song, a Psalm, by sons of Korah. Great [is] Jehovah, and praised greatly, In the city of our God — His holy hill.

A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain.

2 Beautiful [for] elevation, A joy of all the land, [is] Mount Zion, The sides of the north, the city of a great king.

Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.

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

God is in her citadels; He has shown Himself to be a fortress.

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

For behold, the kings assembled; they all advanced together.

5 They have seen — so they have marvelled, They have been troubled, they were hastened away.

They saw and were astounded; they fled in terror.

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

Trembling seized them there, anguish like a woman in labor.

7 By an east wind Thou shiverest ships of Tarshish.

With a wind from the east You wrecked the ships of Tarshish.

8 As we have heard, so we have seen, In the city of Jehovah of hosts, In the city of our God, God doth establish her — to the age. (Selah)

As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the LORD of Hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish her forever.

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

Within Your temple, O God, we contemplate Your loving devotion.

10 As [is] Thy name, O God, so [is] Thy praise, Over the ends of the earth, Righteousness hath filled Thy right hand.

Your name, O God, like Your praise, reaches to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness.

11 Rejoice doth Mount Zion, The daughters of Judah are joyful, For the sake of Thy judgments.

Mount Zion is glad, the daughters of Judah rejoice, on account of Your judgments.

12 Compass Zion, and go round her, count her towers,

March around Zion, encircle her, count her towers,

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

consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, that you may tell the next generation.

14 That this God [is] our God — To the age and for ever, He — he doth lead us over death!

For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.