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A psalm of the sons of Korah.</h3><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.48.1" /><A name="2"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/48-1.htm"><b></b></a></span>The L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> is great and highly praised</p><p class="poem">in the city of our God.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.48.1.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">His holy mountain, <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.48.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/48-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>rising splendidly,</p><p class="poem">is the joy of the whole earth.</p><p class="poem">Mount Zion — the summit of Zaphon — </p><p class="poem">is the city of the great King.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.48.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.48.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/48-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>God is known as a stronghold</p><p class="poem">in its citadels.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.48.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.48.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/48-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Look! The kings assembled;</p><p class="poem">they advanced together.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.48.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.48.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/48-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>They looked and froze with fear;</p><p class="poem">they fled in terror.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.48.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.48.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/48-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Trembling seized them there,</p><p class="poem">agony like that of a woman in labor,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.48.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.48.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/48-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>as you wrecked the ships of Tarshish</p><p class="poem">with the east wind.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.48.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.48.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/48-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Just as we heard, so we have seen</p><p class="poem">in the city of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> of Armies,</p><p class="poem">in the city of our God;</p><p class="poem">God will establish it forever.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.48.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poemright"><span class="italic">Selah</span></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.48.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/48-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>God, within your temple,</p><p class="poem">we contemplate your faithful love.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.48.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.48.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/48-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Like your name, God, so your praise</p><p class="poem">reaches to the ends of the earth;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.48.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">your right hand is filled with justice.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.48.10.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.48.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/48-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Mount Zion is glad.</p><p class="poem">Judah’s villages<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.48.11.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> rejoice</p><p class="poem">because of your judgments.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.48.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.48.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/48-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Go around Zion, encircle it;</p><p class="poem">count its towers,</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.48.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/48-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>note its ramparts; tour its citadels</p><p class="poem">so that you can tell a future generation:<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.48.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Psalms.48.14" /> <A name=""></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/48-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“This God, our God forever and ever —</p><p class="poem">he will always lead us.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Psalms.48.14.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Psalms.48.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Psalms.48" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Psalms.48.11.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.48.11">48:11</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">daughters</span></aside><aside id="fn.Psalms.48.14.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.48.14">48:14</a></span> Some Hb mss, LXX; other Hb mss read <span class="italic">over death</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Psalms.48" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Psalms.48.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.48.1">48:1</a></span> Ps 2:6; Mc 4:1; Zch 8:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.48.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.48.2">48:2</a></span> Mt 5:35</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.48.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.48.3">48:3</a></span> Ps 46:7; 50:2</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.48.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.48.4">48:4</a></span> 2Sm 10:6–19</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.48.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.48.5">48:5</a></span> Ex 15:15</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.48.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.48.6">48:6</a></span> Is 13:8; Hs 13:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.48.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.48.7">48:7</a></span> 1Kg 22:48; Jr 18:17; Ezk 27:26</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.48.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.48.8">48:8</a></span> Ps 87:5; Is 2:2; Mc 4:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.48.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.48.9">48:9</a></span> Ps 26:3; 40:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.48.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.48.10">48:10</a></span> Ps 113:3; Mal 1:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.48.10.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.48.10">48:10</a></span> Ps 45:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.48.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.48.11">48:11</a></span> Ps 97:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.48.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.48.12">48:12-13</a></span> Ps 78:5–7; 122:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Psalms.48.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Psalms.48.14">48:14</a></span> Ps 23:3–4; Is 58:11</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Psalms.48" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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