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48:1 Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised in the city of our God. His holy mountain, 48:2 beautiful in elevation, is the joy of all the earth, Mount Zion, in the far north, the city of the great King. 48:3 Within its citadels God has shown himself a sure defense. 48:4 Then the kings assembled, they came on together. 48:5 As soon as they saw it, they were astounded; they were in panic, they took to flight; 48:6 trembling took hold of them there, pains as of a woman in labor, 48:7 as when an east wind shatters the ships of Tarshish. 48:8 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 forever.Selah 48:9 We ponder your steadfast love, O God, in the midst of your temple. 48:10 Your name, O God, like your praise, reaches to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is filled with victory. 48:11 Let Mount Zion be glad, let the towns of Judah rejoice because of your judgments. 48:12 Walk about Zion, go all around it, count its towers, 48:13 consider well its ramparts; go through its citadels, that you may tell the next generation 48:14 that this is God, our God forever and ever. He will be our guide forever. 48:15