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.
48:2 Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth,
Is Mount Zion in the far north,
The city of the great King.
48:3 In its palaces,
God has made Himself known as a stronghold.
48:4 For, behold, the kings arrived,
They passed by together.
48:5 They saw it, then they were amazed;
They were terrified, they fled in a hurry.
48:6 ①Panic seized them there,
Anguish, as that of a woman in childbirth.
▷ ①Lit Trembling
48:7 With the east wind
You smash the ships of Tarshish.
48:8 Just as we have heard, so have we seen
In the city of the LORD of armies, in the city of our God;
God will establish her forever. Selah
48:9 We have thought over Your goodness, God,
In the midst of Your temple.
48:10 As is Your name, God,
So is Your praise to the ends of the earth;
Your right hand is full of righteousness.
48:11 Mount Zion shall be glad,
The daughters of Judah shall rejoice
Because of Your judgments.
48:12 Walk around Zion and encircle her;
Count her towers;
48:13 Consider her ramparts;
Go through her palaces,
So that you may tell of her to the next generation.
48:14 For ①such is God,
Our God forever and ever;
He will lead us ②until death.
▷ ①Lit this ②Lit upon; some mss and LXX forever