Psalms - 48

1 - Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.

2 - Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.

3 - God is known in her palaces for a refuge.

4 - For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.

5 - They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.

6 - Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

7 - Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish - with an east wind.

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 for ever. Selah.

9 - We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.

10 - According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.

11 - Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah - be glad, because of thy judgments.

12 - Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.

13 - Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.

14 - For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.