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
Broken Bondage
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 loftiness,
the joy of all the earth,
like the peaks of Zaphon #48:2 Or in the far north; the most sacred mountain of the Canaanites was Zaphon is Mount Zion,
the city of the great King.
3God is in her citadels;
He has shown Himself to be a fortress.
4For behold, the kings assembled;
they all advanced together.
5They saw and were astounded;
they fled in terror.
6Trembling seized them there,
anguish like a woman in labor.
7With a wind from the east
You wrecked the ships of Tarshish.#48:7 Or a fleet of trading ships
8As we have heard, so we have seen
in the city of the Lord of Hosts,
in the city of our God:
God will establish her forever.
Selah
9Within Your temple, O God,
we contemplate Your loving devotion.
10Your name, O God, like Your praise,
reaches to the ends of the earth;
Your right hand is full of righteousness.
11Mount Zion is glad,
the daughters #48:11 Or the villages of Judah rejoice,
on account of Your judgments.
12March around Zion, encircle her,
count her towers,
13consider her ramparts, tour her citadels,
that you may tell the next generation.
14For this God is our God forever and ever;
He will be our guide even till death.#48:14 Or He will guide us beyond death
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