Psalms 48:1-13 ▼

1 A 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.

2 Fair and beautiful in elevation, the joy of all the earth, Is Mount Zion [the City of David] in the far north, The city of the great King.

3 God, in her palaces, Has made Himself known as a stronghold.

4 For, lo, the kings assembled themselves, They [came and] passed by together.

5 They saw it, then they were amazed; They were stricken with terror, they fled in alarm.

6 Panic seized them there, And pain, as that of a woman in childbirth.

7 With the east wind You shattered the ships of Tarshish.

8 As 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.

9 We have thought of Your lovingkindness, O God, In the midst of Your temple.

10 As is Your name, O God, So is Your praise to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness (rightness, justice).

11 Let Mount Zion be glad, Let the daughters of Judah rejoice Because of Your [righteous] judgments.

12 Walk about Zion, go all around her; Count her towers,

13 Consider her ramparts, Go through her palaces, That you may tell the next generation [about her glory].