| 1 | Great is the Lord, and highly to be praised in the city of our God! His holy mountain, |
| 2 | Fair
and
beautiful in elevation, is the joy of all the earth—
[a]Mount Zion [the City of David], to the northern side [Mount Moriah and the temple], the [whole] city of the Great King! |
| 3 | God has made Himself known in her palaces as a Refuge (a High Tower and a Stronghold). |
| 4 | For, behold, the kings assembled, they came onward
and
they passed away together. |
| 5 | They looked, they were amazed; they were stricken with terror
and
took to flight [affrighted and dismayed]. |
| 6 | Trembling took hold of them there, and pain as of a woman in childbirth. |
| 7 | With the east wind You shattered 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: God will establish it forever.
Selah
[pause, and calmly think of that]! |
| 9 | We have thought of Your steadfast love, O God, in the midst of Your temple. |
| 10 | As is Your name, O God, so is Your praise to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness (rightness and justice). |
| 11 | Let Mount Zion be glad! Let the daughters of Judah rejoice because of Your [righteous] judgments! |
| 12 | Walk about Zion, and go round about her, number her towers (her lofty and noble deeds of past days), |
| 13 | Consider well her ramparts, go through her palaces
and
citadels, that you may tell the next generation [and cease recalling disappointments]. |
| 14 | For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide [even] until death. |
Cross references:
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Psalm 48:2 : Matt. 5:35.
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