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
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PSALM 48
A Song; a Psalm. Of the sons of Korah.
1Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God#GodHebrew: Elohim in the hill of his holiness. 2Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. 3God is known in her palaces as a high fortress. 4For behold, the kings assembled themselves, they passed by together; 5They saw, — so they marvelled; they were troubled, they fled in consternation: 6Trembling took hold upon them there; anguish, as of a woman in travail. 7With an east wind thou hast broken the ships of Tarshish.
8As we have heard, so have we seen, in the city of Jehovah of hosts, in the city of our God#GodHebrew: Elohim God#GodHebrew: Elohim doth establish it for ever. Selah. 9We have thought, O God#GodHebrew: Elohim of thy loving-kindness, in the midst of thy temple. 10According to thy name, O God#GodHebrew: Elohim so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness. 11Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments. 12Walk about Zion, and go round about her: count the towers thereof; 13Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces: that ye may tell it to the generation following. 14For this God#GodHebrew: Elohim is our God#GodHebrew: Elohim for ever and ever; he will be our guide until death.
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First published in 1890. This edition is maintained by the British and Foreign Bible Society.