Psalm 48

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 shown himself a sure defense.

⁴For lo, 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 travail.

⁷By the east wind thou didst shatter

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 establishes for ever.   Selah

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

in the midst of thy temple.

¹⁰As thy name, O God,

so thy praise reaches to the ends of the earth.

Thy right hand is filled with victory;

¹¹let Mount Zion be glad!

Let the daughters of Judah rejoice

because of thy judgments!

¹²Walk about Zion, go round about 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 for ever and ever.

He will be our guide for ever.