Psalm 48:1
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.
Psalm 48:2
Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.
Psalm 48:3
God is in her citadels; He has shown Himself to be a fortress.
Psalm 48:4
For behold, the kings assembled; they all advanced together.
Psalm 48:5
They saw and were astounded; they fled in terror.
Psalm 48:6
Trembling seized them there, anguish like a woman in labor.
Psalm 48:7
With a wind from the east You wrecked the ships of Tarshish.
Psalm 48:8
As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the LORD of Hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish her forever. Selah
Psalm 48:9
Within Your temple, O God, we contemplate Your loving devotion.
Psalm 48:10
Your name, O God, like Your praise, reaches to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness.
Psalm 48:11
Mount Zion is glad, the daughters of Judah rejoice, on account of Your judgments.
Psalm 48:12
March around Zion, encircle her, count her towers,
Psalm 48:13
consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, that you may tell the next generation.
Psalm 48:14
For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.