• Psalm 48In Hebrew texts 48:1-14 is numbered 48:2-15.

  • 1 Great is the Lord, and most worthy of praise, in the city of our God, his holy mountain.
  • 2 Beautiful in its loftiness, the joy of the whole earth, like the heights of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the Great King.
  • 3 God is in her citadels; he has shown himself to be her fortress.
  • 4 When the kings joined forces, when they advanced together,
  • 5 they saw her and were astounded; they fled in terror.
  • 6 Trembling seized them there, pain like that of a woman in labor.
  • 7 You destroyed them like ships of Tarshish shattered by an east wind.
  • 8 As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the Lord Almighty, in the city of our God: God makes her secure forever.
  • 9 Within your temple, O God, we meditate on your unfailing love.
  • 10 Like your name, O God, your praise reaches to the ends of the earth; your right hand is filled with righteousness.
  • 11 Mount Zion rejoices, the villages of Judah are glad because of your judgments.
  • 12 Walk about Zion, go around her, count her towers,
  • 13 consider well her ramparts, view her citadels, that you may tell of them to the next generation.
  • 14 For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end.