48Psalms 48

1Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.Select Psalms 48:1

2Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.Select Psalms 48:2

3God is known in her palaces for a refuge.Select Psalms 48:3

4For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.Select Psalms 48:4

5They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.Select Psalms 48:5

6Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.Select Psalms 48:6

7Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.Select Psalms 48:7

8As 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.Select Psalms 48:8

9We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.Select Psalms 48:9

10According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.Select Psalms 48:10

11Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.Select Psalms 48:11

12Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.Select Psalms 48:12

13Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.Select Psalms 48:13

14For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.Select Psalms 48:14