Psalm 48- 1
- Psalm 48 A song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah.
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- Great is the LORD, and most worthy of praise, in the city of our God, his holy mountain.
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- It is beautiful in its loftiness, the joy of the whole earth. Like the utmost heights of Zaphon [1] is Mount Zion, the [2] city of the Great King.
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- God is in her citadels; he has shown himself to be her fortress.
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- When the kings joined forces, when they advanced together,
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- they saw [her] and were astounded; they fled in terror.
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- Trembling seized them there, pain like that of a woman in labor.
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- You destroyed them like ships of Tarshish shattered by an east wind.
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- As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD Almighty, in the city of our God: God makes her secure forever. Selah
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- Within your temple, O God, we meditate on your unfailing love.
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- Like your name, O God, your praise reaches to the ends of the earth; your right hand is filled with righteousness.
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- Mount Zion rejoices, the villages of Judah are glad because of your judgments.
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- Walk about Zion, go around her, count her towers,
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- consider well her ramparts, view her citadels, that you may tell of them to the next generation.
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- For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end.
- [2] Zaphon can refer to a sacred mountain or the direction north.
- [2] Or earth, Mount Zion, on the northern side of the