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
The Greatness of God in Zion
A song. A psalm of the sons of Korah.#The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm; the English verse number is reduced by one
1Yahweh is great and very worthy of praise
in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.#Literally “mountain of holiness”
2Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth,
is Mount Zion,#Literally “the mountain of Zion” in the far north,#Literally “far of north”; the word translated “north” could refer to Mount Zaphon
the city of the great king.
3God is in her citadels;
he is known as a high stronghold.
4For see, the kings assembled;#That is, preparing for battle
they advanced together.
5They themselves saw#Literally “They, they saw” it, so they were astonished.
They were terrified; they ran off.
6Trembling seized them there—
pain as of a woman in labor.
7With an east wind
you shatter#A few Hebrew manuscripts read “like an east wind that shatters” the ships of Tarshish.#That is, ships that can sail to Tarshish, i.e. well built, able to traverse great distances
8As we have heard, so we have seen
in the city of Yahweh of hosts, in the city of our God.
God will establish her forever. Selah
9We have pondered your loyal love, O God,
in the midst of your temple.
10As is your name, O God, so is your praise
to the ends of the earth.
Your right hand is full of righteousness.
11Let Mount Zion#Literally “the mountain of Zion” rejoice;
let the daughters of Judah rejoice
because of your judgments.
12Walk about Zion and circle it;
count her towers.
13Consider well#Literally “Set your heart to” her ramparts.
Go through her citadels
so that you can tell the next generation
14that this is God, our God forever and ever.
He himself#Literally “he, he will …” will guide us until death.
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