| Christian Standard Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1The LORD is great and highly praised in the city of our God. His holy mountain, | 1A Song; a Psalm of the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, In the city of our God, His holy mountain. |
| 2rising splendidly, is the joy of the whole earth. Mount Zion--the summit of Zaphon-- is the city of the great King. | 2Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, Is Mount Zion in the far north, The city of the great King. |
| 3God is known as a stronghold in its citadels. | 3God, in her palaces, Has made Himself known as a stronghold. |
| 4Look! The kings assembled; they advanced together. | 4For, lo, the kings assembled themselves, They passed by together. |
| 5They looked and froze with fear; they fled in terror. | 5They saw it, then they were amazed; They were terrified, they fled in alarm. |
| 6Trembling seized them there, agony like that of a woman in labor, | 6Panic seized them there, Anguish, as of a woman in childbirth. |
| 7as you wrecked the ships of Tarshish with the east wind. | 7With the east wind You break the ships of Tarshish. |
| 8Just as we heard, so we have seen in the city of the LORD of Armies, in the city of our God; God will establish it forever. Selah | 8As we have heard, so have we seen In the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God; God will establish her forever. Selah. |
| 9God, within your temple, we contemplate your faithful love. | 9We have thought on Your lovingkindness, O God, In the midst of Your temple. |
| 10Like your name, God, so your praise reaches to the ends of the earth; your right hand is filled with justice. | 10As is Your name, O God, So is Your praise to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness. |
| 11Mount Zion is glad. Judah's villages rejoice because of your judgments. | 11Let Mount Zion be glad, Let the daughters of Judah rejoice Because of Your judgments. |
| 12Go around Zion, encircle it; count its towers, | 12Walk about Zion and go around her; Count her towers; |
| 13note its ramparts; tour its citadels so that you can tell a future generation: | 13Consider her ramparts; Go through her palaces, That you may tell it to the next generation. |
| 14"This God, our God forever and ever--he will always lead us." | 14For such is God, Our God forever and ever; He will guide us until death. |
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