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
A song. A psalm of the Korahites.
1In the city belonging to our God,
the LORD is great and so worthy of praise!
His holy mountain 2is a beautiful summit,
the joy of the whole world.
Mount Zion, in the far north,
is the city of the great king.
3God is in its fortifications,
revealing himself as a place of safety.
4Look: the kings assembled themselves,
advancing all together—
5when they saw it, they were stunned;
they panicked and ran away frightened.
6Trembling took hold of them right there—
like a woman giving birth,
7or like the east wind when it smashes
the ships of Tarshish.
8Just like we had heard,
now we’ve seen it for ourselves
in the city of the LORD of heavenly forces,
in the city of our God.
May God make it secure forever! Selah
9We dwell on your faithful love, God,
in your temple.
10Your praise, God, just like your reputation,
extends to the far corners of the earth.
Your strong hand is filled with righteousness.
11Let Mount Zion be glad;
let the towns of Judah rejoice
because of your acts of justice!
12Walk around Zion;
go all the way around it;
count its towers.
13Examine its defenses closely;
tour its fortifications
so that you may tell future generations:
14“This is God,
our God, forever and always!
He is the one who will lead us
even to the very end.”#48.14 LXX; Heb uncertain; Heb al muth (unto death or against death), but see the notes at Pss 9–10, 46—the words might belong in the heading of Ps 49.
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