Psalms 48

NEW JERUSALEM	KING JAMES BIBLE
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 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
2 towering in beauty, the joy of the whole world: Mount Zion in the heart of the north, the settlement ofthe great king;	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 himself among its palaces has proved himself its bulwark.	3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
4 For look, kings made al iance, together they advanced;	4 For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
5 without a second glance, when they saw, they panicked and fled away.	5 They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.
6 Trembling seized them on the spot, pains like those of a woman in labour;	6 Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
7 it was the east wind, that wrecker of ships from Tarshish.	7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
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 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 reflect on your faithful love, God, in your temple!	9 We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
10 Both your name and your praise, God, are over the whole wide world. Your right hand is ful of savingjustice,	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 Mount Zion rejoices, the daughters of Judah delight because of your saving justice.	11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
12 Go round Zion, walk right through her, count her bastions,	12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
13 admire her walls, examine her palaces, to tel future generations	13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.
14 that such is God; our God for ever and ever, he is our guide!	14 For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.