Psalms 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,

² beautiful in elevation, is the joy of all the earth, Mount Zion, in the far north, the city of the great King.

³ Within her citadels God has shown himself a sure defense.

⁴ For lo, the kings assembled, they came on together.

⁵ As soon as they saw it, they were astounded, they were in panic, they took to flight;

⁶ trembling took hold of them there, anguish as of a woman in travail.

⁷ By the east wind thou didst shatter the ships of Tarshish.

⁸ As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God, which God establishes for ever. [Selah]

⁹ We have thought on thy steadfast love, O God, in the midst of thy temple.

¹⁰ As thy name, O God, so thy praise reaches to the ends of the earth. Thy right hand is filled with victory;

¹¹ let Mount Zion be glad! Let the daughters of Judah rejoice because of thy judgments!

¹² Walk about Zion, go round about her, number her towers,

¹³ consider well her ramparts, go through her citadels; that you may tell the next generation

¹⁴ that this is God, our God for ever and ever. He will be our guide for ever.