Psalmorum 48

1 Psalmus Cantici, filiis Core, secunda sabbati. Magnus Dominus, et laudabilis nimis in civitate Dei nostri, in monte sancto eius.

A SONG. A PSALM OF THE SONS OF KORAH. Great [is] YHWH, and greatly praised, In the city of our God—His holy hill.

2 Fundatur exultatione universæ terræ mons Sion, latera Aquilonis, civitas Regis magni.

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

3 Deus in domibus eius cognoscetur, cum suscipiet eam.

God is known for a tower in her high places.

4 Quoniam ecce reges terræ congregati sunt: convenerunt in unum.

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

5 Ipsi videntes sic admirati sunt, conturbati sunt, commoti sunt:

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

6 tremor apprehendit eos. Ibi dolores ut parturientis,

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

7 in spiritu vehementi conteres naves Tharsis.

By an east wind You shatter ships of Tarshish.

8 Sicut audivimus, sic vidimus in civitate Domini virtutum, in civitate Dei nostri: Deus fundavit eam in æternum.

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)

9 Suscepimus Deus misericordiam tuam, in medio templi tui.

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

10 Secundum nomen tuum Deus, sic et laus tua in fines terræ: iustitia plena est dextera tua.

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

11 Lætetur mons Sion, et exultent filiæ Iudæ, propter iudicia tua Domine.

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

12 Circumdate Sion, et complectimini eam: narrate in turribus eius.

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

13 Ponite corda vestra in virtute eius: et distribuite domos eius, ut enarretis in progenie altera.

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

14 Quoniam hic est Deus, Deus noster in æternum, et in sæculum sæculi: ipse reget nos in sæcula.

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