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A Psalm of the sons of Korah. <p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="#"><b>1</b></a></span> Great is the LORD, <p class="indent2"> and greatly to be praised <p class="indent1"> in the city of our God, <p class="indent2"> His holy mountain. <A name="3"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/48-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Beautiful in loftiness, <p class="indent2"> the joy of all the earth, <p class="indent1"> like the peaks of Zaphon<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> is Mount Zion, <p class="indent2"> the city of the great King. <A name="4"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/48-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>God is in her citadels; <p class="indent2"> He has shown Himself to be a fortress. <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/48-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For behold, the kings assembled; <p class="indent2"> they all advanced together. <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/48-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>They saw and were astounded; <p class="indent2"> they fled in terror. <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/48-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Trembling seized them there, <p class="indent2"> anguish like a woman in labor. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/48-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>With a wind from the east <p class="indent2"> You wrecked the ships of Tarshish.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/48-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>As we have heard, so we have seen <p class="indent2"> in the city of the LORD of Hosts, <p class="indent1"> in the city of our God: <p class="indent2"> God will establish her forever. <p class="selah"> Selah <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/48-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Within Your temple, O God, <p class="indent2"> we contemplate Your loving devotion. <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/48-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Your name, O God, like Your praise, <p class="indent2"> reaches to the ends of the earth; <p class="indent2"> Your right hand is full of righteousness. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/48-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Mount Zion is glad, <p class="indent2"> the daughters<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> of Judah rejoice, <p class="indent2"> on account of Your judgments. <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/48-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>March around Zion, encircle her, <p class="indent2"> count her towers, <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/48-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, <p class="indent2"> that you may tell the next generation. <A name=""></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/48-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>For this God is our God forever and ever; <p class="indent2"> He will be our guide even till death.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> </p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">2</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>in the far north</i>; the most sacred mountain of the Canaanites was <i>Zaphon</i> <br><span class="fnverse">7</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>a fleet of trading ships</i><br><span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Or <i>the villages</i><br><span class="fnverse">14</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> Or <i>He will guide us beyond death</i><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href="//majoritybible.com">The Holy Bible, Majority Standard Bible, MSB</a> is produced in cooperation with <a href="//biblehub.com">Bible Hub</a>, <a href="//discoverybible.com">Discovery Bible</a>, <a href="//openbible.com">OpenBible.com</a>, and the Berean Bible Translation Committee. 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