Psalms 48:1 (BSB)
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.

Psalms 48:2 (BSB)
Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.

Psalms 48:3 (BSB)
God is in her citadels; He has shown Himself to be a fortress.

Psalms 48:4 (BSB)
For behold, the kings assembled; they all advanced together.

Psalms 48:5 (BSB)
They saw and were astounded; they fled in terror.

Psalms 48:6 (BSB)
Trembling seized them there, anguish like a woman in labor.

Psalms 48:7 (BSB)
With a wind from the east You wrecked the ships of Tarshish.

Psalms 48:8 (BSB)
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. Selah

Psalms 48:9 (BSB)
Within Your temple, O God, we contemplate Your loving devotion.

Psalms 48:10 (BSB)
Your name, O God, like Your praise, reaches to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness.

Psalms 48:11 (BSB)
Mount Zion is glad, the daughters of Judah rejoice, on account of Your judgments.

Psalms 48:12 (BSB)
March around Zion, encircle her, count her towers,

Psalms 48:13 (BSB)
consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, that you may tell the next generation.

Psalms 48:14 (BSB)
For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.
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