Psalm 48

Zion, the City of Our God

A Song. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah.

¹Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised

in the city of our God!

His holy mountain, ²beautiful in elevation,

is the joy of all the earth,

Mount Zion, in the far north,

the city of the great King.

³Within her citadels God

has made himself known as a fortress.

⁴For behold, the kings assembled;

they came on together.

⁵As soon as they saw it, they were astounded;

they were in panic; they took to flight.

⁶Trembling took hold of them there,

anguish as of a woman in labor.

⁷By the east wind you shattered

the ships of Tarshish.

⁸As we have heard, so have we seen

in the city of the Lord of hosts,

in the city of our God,

which God will establish forever. Selah

⁹We have thought on your steadfast love, O God,

in the midst of your temple.

¹⁰As your name, O God,

so your praise reaches to the ends of the earth.

Your right hand is filled with righteousness.

¹¹Let Mount Zion be glad!

Let the daughters of Judah rejoice

because of your judgments!

¹²Walk about Zion, go around her,

number her towers,

¹³consider well her ramparts,

go through her citadels,

that you may tell the next generation

¹⁴that this is God,

our God forever and ever.

He will guide us forever.