Psalm 48

Psalm 48

A song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah.

    ² Beautiful in its loftiness,
       the joy of the whole earth,
       like the heights of Zaphon is Mount Zion,
       the 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 we have seen
       in the city of the LORD Almighty,
       in the city of our God:
       God makes her secure
       forever.

    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.