Psalm 48

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Psalm 48 – New International Version (NIV)

Psalm 48[a]

A song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah

  1. Great is the Lord, and most worthy of praise, in the city of our God, his holy mountain.
  2. Beautiful in its loftiness, the joy of the whole earth, like the heights of Zaphon[b] 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.[c]
  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.

Footnotes

a. Psalm 48:1 In Hebrew texts 48:1-14 is numbered 48:2-15.
b. Psalm 48:2 Zaphon was the most sacred mountain of the Canaanites.
c. Psalm 48:8 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.

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Psalm 48 – King James Version (KJV)

A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah.

  1. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised In the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
  2. Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, Is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, The city of the great King.
  3. God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
  4. For, lo, the kings were assembled, They passed by together.
  5. They saw it, and so they marvelled; They were troubled, and hasted away.
  6. Fear took hold upon them there, And pain, as of a woman in travail.
  7. Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish With an east wind.
  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 it for ever. Selah.
  9. We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, In the midst of thy temple.
  10. According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: Thy right hand is full of righteousness.
  11. Let mount Zion rejoice, Let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
  12. Walk about Zion, and go round about her: Tell the towers thereof.
  13. Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; That ye may tell it to the generation following.
  14. For this God is our God for ever and ever: He will be our guide even unto death.