Psalms 48

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