Psalms 48
48
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
48
Psalm 48
The Beauty and Glory of Zion.
A Song; a Psalm of the sons of Korah.
1Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised
In the city of our God, His holy mountain.
2Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth,
Is Mount Zion in the far north,
The city of the great King.
3In its palaces,
God has made Himself known as a stronghold.
4¶For, behold, the kings arrived,
They passed by together.
5They saw it, then they were amazed;
They were terrified, they fled in a hurry.
6 # 48:6 Lit Trembling Panic seized them there,
Anguish, as that of a woman in childbirth.
7With the east wind
You smash the ships of Tarshish.
8Just as we have heard, so have we seen
In the city of the Lord of armies, in the city of our God;
God will establish her forever. Selah
9¶We have thought over Your goodness, God,
In the midst of Your temple.
10As is Your name, God,
So is Your praise to the ends of the earth;
Your right hand is full of righteousness.
11Mount Zion shall be glad,
The daughters of Judah shall rejoice
Because of Your judgments.
12Walk around Zion and encircle her;
Count her towers;
13Consider her ramparts;
Go through her palaces,
So that you may tell of her to the next generation.
14For #48:14 Lit thissuch is God,
Our God forever and ever;
He will lead us #48:14 Lit upon; some mss and LXX foreveruntil death.
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