Psalm 48

Revised Geneva Translation

48 Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised in the City of our God, upon His Holy Mountain.

² Mount Zion (lying northward) is beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole Earth, the City of the Great King.

³ In the palaces thereof, God is known for a refuge.

⁴ For lo, the kings were gathered and went together.

⁵ When they saw it, they marveled. They were astonished and suddenly driven back.

⁶ Fear came upon them there, and sorrow, as upon a woman in childbirth,

⁷ as when You break 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 forever. Selah.

⁹ In the midst of Your Temple we wait for Your lovingkindness, O God.

¹⁰ O God, according to Your Name, so is Your praise to the world’s end. Your right hand is full of righteousness.

¹¹ Let Mount Zion rejoice, and the daughters of Judah be glad, because of Your judgments!

¹² March around Zion and encircle it. Count the towers thereof.

¹³ Mark well the wall thereof. Behold her towers, so that you may tell your posterity.

¹⁴ For this God is our God, forever and ever. He shall be our guide to the death. To him who excels: A Psalm committed to the sons of Korah.