Psalmorum 48
1 Psalmus cantici. Filiis Core, secunda sabbati. Magnus Dominus et laudabilis nimis, in civitate Dei nostri, in monte sancto ejus.
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 Fundatur exsultatione universæ terræ mons Sion; latera aquilonis, civitas regis magni.
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 Deus in domibus ejus cognoscetur cum suscipiet eam.
God, in her palaces, is to be known as a high tower.
4 Quoniam ecce reges terræ congregati sunt; convenerunt in unum.
For lo! Kings—Met as appointed, Passed by together;
5 Ipsi videntes, sic admirati sunt, conturbati sunt, commoti sunt.
They themselves, saw, So, were they amazed, Dismayed—they hurried way!
6 Tremor apprehendit eos; ibi dolores ut parturientis:
Trembling, seized them, there, Pangs. like hers who is in travail.
7 in spiritu vehementi conteres naves Tharsis.
With an east wind, wilt thou shatter the ships of Tarshish.
8 Sicut audivimus, sic vidimus, in civitate Domini virtutum, in civitate Dei nostri: Deus fundavit eam in æternum.
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 Suscepimus, Deus, misericordiam tuam in medio templi tui.
We have thought, O God, upon thy lovingkindness, In the midst of thy temple:
10 Secundum nomen tuum, Deus, sic et laus tua in fines terræ; justitia plena est dextera tua.
According to thy Name, O God, So, be thy praise, unto the ends of the earth, With righteousness, is, thy right hand, filled.
11 Lætetur mons Sion, et exsultent filiæ Judæ, propter judicia tua, Domine.
Let Mount Zion rejoice, Let the daughters of Judah exult, Because of thy judgments.
12 Circumdate Sion, et complectimini eam; narrate in turribus ejus.
Go round Zion, and compass her about, Reckon up her towers;
13 Ponite corda vestra in virtute ejus, et distribuite domos ejus, ut enarretis in progenie altera.
Apply your mind to her rampart, Pass between her palaces, That ye may recount them to an after generation;
14 Quoniam hic est Deus, Deus noster in æternum, et in sæculum sæculi: ipse reget nos in sæcula.
For, this God, is our God, to times age-abiding and beyond, He himself, will conduct us till death.
