Psalms 48

¹Psalms 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.²Psalms 48:2. Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.³Psalms 48:3. God is in her citadels; He has shown Himself to be a fortress.⁴Psalms 48:4. For behold, the kings assembled; they all advanced together.⁵Psalms 48:5. They saw and were astounded; they fled in terror.⁶Psalms 48:6. Trembling seized them there, anguish like a woman in labor.⁷Psalms 48:7. With a wind from the east You wrecked the ships of Tarshish.⁸Psalms 48:8. As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the LORD of Hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish her forever. Selah⁹Psalms 48:9. Within Your temple, O God, we contemplate Your loving devotion.¹⁰Psalms 48:10. Your name, O God, like Your praise, reaches to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness.¹¹Psalms 48:11. Mount Zion is glad, the daughters of Judah rejoice, on account of Your judgments.¹²Psalms 48:12. March around Zion, encircle her, count her towers,¹³Psalms 48:13. consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, that you may tell the next generation.¹⁴Psalms 48:14. For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.