Psalms 48
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PSALM 48
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah.
1Great is the Lord, and greatly he
is to be praised still,
Within the city of our God,
upon his holy hill.
2Mount Sion stands most beautiful,
the joy of all the land;
The city of the mighty King
on her north side doth stand.
3The Lord within her palaces
is for a refuge known.
4For, lo, the kings that gather'd were
together, by have gone.
5But when they did behold the same,
they, wond'ring, would not stay;
But, being troubled at the sight,
they thence did haste away.
6Great terror there took hold on them;
they were possess'd with fear;
Their grief came like a woman's pain,
when she a child doth bear.
7Thou Tarshish ships with east wind break'st:
8As we have heard it told,
So, in the city of the Lord,
our eyes did it behold;
In our God's city, which his hand
for ever stablish will.
9We of thy loving-kindness thought,
Lord, in thy temple still.
10O Lord, according to thy name,
through all the earth's thy praise;
And thy right hand, O Lord, is full
of righteousness always.
11Because thy judgments are made known,
let Sion mount rejoice;
Of Judah let the daughters all
send forth a cheerful voice.
12Walk about Sion,
and go round; the high tow'rs thereof tell:
13Consider ye her palaces,
and mark her bulwarks well;
That ye may tell posterity.
14For this God doth abide
Our God for evermore; he will
ev'n unto death us guide.
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Psalms 48
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Psalm 48
Zion Exalted
A song. A psalm of the sons of Korah.
1The Lord is great and highly praised
in the city of our God.#Ps 2:6; Mc 4:1; Zch 8:3
His holy mountain, 2rising splendidly,
is the joy of the whole earth.
Mount Zion — the summit of Zaphon —
is the city of the great King.#Mt 5:35
3God is known as a stronghold
in its citadels.#Ps 46:7; 50:2
4Look! The kings assembled;
they advanced together.#2Sm 10:6–19
5They looked and froze with fear;
they fled in terror.#Ex 15:15
6Trembling seized them there,
agony like that of a woman in labor,#Is 13:8; Hs 13:13
7as you wrecked the ships of Tarshish
with the east wind.#1Kg 22:48; Jr 18:17; Ezk 27:26
8Just as we heard, so we have seen
in the city of the Lord of Armies,
in the city of our God;
God will establish it forever.#Ps 87:5; Is 2:2; Mc 4:1Selah
9God, within your temple,
we contemplate your faithful love.#Ps 26:3; 40:10
10Like your name, God, so your praise
reaches to the ends of the earth;#Ps 113:3; Mal 1:11
your right hand is filled with justice.#Ps 45:4
11Mount Zion is glad.
Judah’s villages#48:11 Lit daughters rejoice
because of your judgments.#Ps 97:8
12Go around Zion, encircle it;
count its towers,
13note its ramparts; tour its citadels
so that you can tell a future generation:#Ps 78:5–7; 122:7
14“This God, our God forever and ever —
he will always lead us.”#48:14 Some Hb mss, LXX; other Hb mss read over death#Ps 23:3–4; Is 58:11
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