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A psalm of the Sons of Korah.</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/48-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Great is the <span class="name">Lord</span>, and most worthy of praise,</p><p class="line2">in the city of our God, his holy mountain.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/48-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Beautiful in its loftiness,</p><p class="line2">the joy of the whole earth,</p><p class="line1">like the heights of Zaphon <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Zaphon was the most sacred mountain of the Canaanites.">b</a></sup></span> is Mount Zion,</p><p class="line2">the city of the Great King.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/48-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>God is in her citadels;</p><p class="line2">he has shown himself to be her fortress.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/48-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>When the kings joined forces,</p><p class="line2">when they advanced together,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/48-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>they saw her and were astounded;</p><p class="line2">they fled in terror.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/48-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Trembling seized them there,</p><p class="line2">pain like that of a woman in labor.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/48-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>You destroyed them like ships of Tarshish</p><p class="line2">shattered by an east wind.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/48-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>As we have heard,</p><p class="line2">so we have seen</p><p class="line1">in the city of the <span class="name">Lord</span> Almighty,</p><p class="line2">in the city of our God:</p><p class="line1">God makes her secure</p><p class="line2">forever. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.">c</a></sup></span> </p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/48-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Within your temple, O God,</p><p class="line2">we meditate on your unfailing love.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/48-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Like your name, O God,</p><p class="line2">your praise reaches to the ends of the earth;</p><p class="line2">your right hand is filled with righteousness.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/48-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Mount Zion rejoices,</p><p class="line2">the villages of Judah are glad</p><p class="line2">because of your judgments.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/48-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Walk about Zion, go around her,</p><p class="line2">count her towers,</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/48-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>consider well her ramparts,</p><p class="line2">view her citadels,</p><p class="line1">that you may tell of them</p><p class="line2">to the next generation.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/48-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>For this God is our God for ever and ever;</p><p class="line2">he will be our guide even to the end.</p></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotebot">In Hebrew texts 48:1-14 is numbered 48:2-15.</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> <span class="footnotebot"><i>Zaphon</i> was the most sacred mountain of the Canaanites.</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> <span class="footnotebot">The Hebrew has <i>Selah</i> (a word of uncertain meaning) here.</span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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