Psalms 48

¹ [Song Psalm Of the sons of Korah] Great is Yahweh and most worthy of praise in the city of our God,the holy mountain,

² towering in beauty, the joy of the whole world: Mount Zion in the heart of the north, the settlement ofthe great king;

³ God himself among its palaces has proved himself its bulwark.

⁴ For look, kings made al iance, together they advanced;

⁵ without a second glance, when they saw, they panicked and fled away.

⁶ Trembling seized them on the spot, pains like those of a woman in labour;

⁷ it was the east wind, that wrecker of ships from Tarshish.

⁸ What we had heard we saw for ourselves in the city of our God, in the city of Yahweh Sabaoth, whichGod has established for ever.Pause

⁹ We reflect on your faithful love, God, in your temple!

¹⁰ Both your name and your praise, God, are over the whole wide world. Your right hand is ful of savingjustice,

¹¹ Mount Zion rejoices, the daughters of Judah delight because of your saving justice.

¹² Go round Zion, walk right through her, count her bastions,

¹³ admire her walls, examine her palaces, to tel future generations

¹⁴ that such is God; our God for ever and ever, he is our guide!