Psalms 48

NEW JERUSALEM	DOUAI-RHEIMS
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,	1 A psalm of a canticle, for the sons of Core, on the second day of the week.
2 towering in beauty, the joy of the whole world: Mount Zion in the heart of the north, the settlement ofthe great king;	2 Great is the Lord, and exceedingly to be praised in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
3 God himself among its palaces has proved himself its bulwark.	3 With the joy of the whole earth is mount Sion founded, on the sides of the north, the city of the great king.
4 For look, kings made al iance, together they advanced;	4 In her houses shall God be known, when he shall protect her.
5 without a second glance, when they saw, they panicked and fled away.	5 For behold the kings of the earth assembled themselves: they gathered together.
6 Trembling seized them on the spot, pains like those of a woman in labour;	6 So they saw, and they wondered, they were troubled, they were moved:
7 it was the east wind, that wrecker of ships from Tarshish.	7 trembling took hold of them. There were pains as of a woman in labour.
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	8 With a vehement wind thou shalt break in pieces the ships of Tharsis.
9 We reflect on your faithful love, God, in your temple!	9 As we have heard, so have we seen, in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God hath founded it for ever.
10 Both your name and your praise, God, are over the whole wide world. Your right hand is ful of savingjustice,	10 We have received thy mercy, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
11 Mount Zion rejoices, the daughters of Judah delight because of your saving justice.	11 According to thy name, O God, so also is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of justice.
12 Go round Zion, walk right through her, count her bastions,	12 Let mount Sion rejoice, and the daughters of Juda be glad; because of thy judgments, O Lord.
13 admire her walls, examine her palaces, to tel future generations	13 Surround Sion, and encompass her: tell ye in her towers.
14 that such is God; our God for ever and ever, he is our guide!	14 Set your hearts on her strength; and distribute her houses, that ye may relate it in another generation.
	15 For this is God, our God unto eternity, and for ever and ever: he shall rule us for evermore.