PSALMS
CHAPTER 48

A song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah.

¹ Great is the LORD , and most worthy of praise,
in the city of our God, his holy mountain.
² It is beautiful in its loftiness,
the joy of the whole earth.
Like the utmost heights of Zaphon ^[1] is Mount Zion,
the ^[2] city of the Great King.
³ God is in her citadels;
he has shown himself to be her fortress.

⁴ When the kings joined forces,
when they advanced together,
⁵ they saw her and were astounded;
they fled in terror.
⁶ Trembling seized them there,
pain like that of a woman in labor.
⁷ You destroyed them like ships of Tarshish
shattered by an east wind.

⁸ As we have heard,
so have we seen
in the city of the LORD Almighty,
in the city of our God:
God makes her secure forever.
Selah

⁹ Within your temple, O God,
we meditate on your unfailing love.
¹⁰ Like your name, O God,
your praise reaches to the ends of the earth;
your right hand is filled with righteousness.
¹¹ Mount Zion rejoices,
the villages of Judah are glad
because of your judgments.

¹² Walk about Zion, go around her,
count her towers,
¹³ consider well her ramparts,
view her citadels,
that you may tell of them to the next generation.
¹⁴ For this God is our God for ever and ever;
he will be our guide even to the end.

Footnotes

1. 48:2 Zaphon can refer to a sacred mountain or the direction north.
2. 48:2 Or earth, / Mount Zion, on the northern side / of the

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