Psalmorum 48
1 Psalmus cantici. Filiis Core, secunda sabbati. Magnus Dominus et laudabilis nimis, in civitate Dei nostri, in monte sancto ejus.
Yahweh is great, and he deserves to be greatly praised in the city where he [lives], [which is built on Zion], his sacred hill.
2 Fundatur exsultatione universæ terræ mons Sion; latera aquilonis, civitas regis magni.
That city, on a high [hill], is beautiful; it is the city where the true [God], the great king, [lives], and it causes people all over the world to rejoice [when they see it].
3 Deus in domibus ejus cognoscetur cum suscipiet eam.
God is in the strong towers there, and he shows that he protects the people in that city.
4 Quoniam ecce reges terræ congregati sunt; convenerunt in unum.
Many kings gathered [with their armies] to attack [that city],
5 Ipsi videntes, sic admirati sunt, conturbati sunt, commoti sunt.
but when they saw it, they were amazed; they became terrified, and ran away.
6 Tremor apprehendit eos; ibi dolores ut parturientis:
Because they were very afraid, they trembled like a woman who is about to give birth to a child;
7 in spiritu vehementi conteres naves Tharsis.
they shook [like] ships sailing from Tarshish are shaken by a strong wind.
8 Sicut audivimus, sic vidimus, in civitate Domini virtutum, in civitate Dei nostri: Deus fundavit eam in æternum.
We had heard [that this city is glorious], and now we have seen that it is. It is the city in which Yahweh, the almighty one, [lives]. It is the city which God will preserve/protect forever.
9 Suscepimus, Deus, misericordiam tuam in medio templi tui.
God, [here] in your temple we think about how you faithfully love us.
10 Secundum nomen tuum, Deus, sic et laus tua in fines terræ; justitia plena est dextera tua.
You [MTY] are famous and (are praised/people praise you) all over the earth, because you rule powerfully [MTY] and justly.
11 Lætetur mons Sion, et exsultent filiæ Judæ, propter judicia tua, Domine.
The people who live near Zion Hill should be happy! The people in [all] the cities [MTY] in Judah should rejoice because you judge people fairly.
12 Circumdate Sion, et complectimini eam; narrate in turribus ejus.
[You Israeli people should] walk around Zion [Hill] and count the towers there;
13 Ponite corda vestra in virtute ejus, et distribuite domos ejus, ut enarretis in progenie altera.
notice the walls there and examine the forts in order that you can tell about them to your children.
14 Quoniam hic est Deus, Deus noster in æternum, et in sæculum sæculi: ipse reget nos in sæcula.
[Say to them], “This is [the city that belongs to] our God, [the one who lives] forever; he will guide us all of our lives.”
