Psalms 48:1
A Song, a Psalm, by sons of Korah. Great is Jehovah, and praised greatly, In the city of our God--His holy hill.
Psalms 48:2
Beautiful for elevation, A joy of all the land, is Mount Zion, The sides of the north, the city of a great king.
Psalms 48:3
God in her high places is known for a tower.
Psalms 48:4
For, lo, the kings met, they passed by together,
Psalms 48:5
They have seen--so they have marvelled, They have been troubled, they were hastened away.
Psalms 48:6
Trembling hath seized them there, Pain, as of a travailing woman.
Psalms 48:7
By an east wind Thou shiverest ships of Tarshish.
Psalms 48:8
As we have heard, so we have seen, In the city of Jehovah of hosts, In the city of our God, God doth establish her--to the age. Selah.
Psalms 48:9
We have thought, O God, of Thy kindness, In the midst of Thy temple,
Psalms 48:10
As is Thy name, O God, so is Thy praise, Over the ends of the earth, Righteousness hath filled Thy right hand.
Psalms 48:11
Rejoice doth Mount Zion, The daughters of Judah are joyful, For the sake of Thy judgments.
Psalms 48:12
Compass Zion, and go round her, count her towers,
Psalms 48:13
Set your heart to her bulwark, Consider her high places, So that ye recount to a later generation,
Psalms 48:14
That this God is our God--To the age and for ever, He--he doth lead us over death!