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A Psalm of the Korahites.</span></h4><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="text"><span class="versenum">1</span>Great is the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> and greatly to be praised</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">in the city of our God.</span></span><br /><span class="text">His holy mountain, </span> <span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum mid-line">2</span>beautiful in elevation,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">is the joy of all the earth,</span></span><br /><span class="text">Mount Zion, in the far north,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">the city of the great King.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">3</span>Within its citadels God</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">has shown himself a sure defense.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">4</span>Then the kings assembled,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">they came on together.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">5</span>As soon as they saw it, they were astounded;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">they were in panic, they took to flight;</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">6</span>trembling took hold of them there,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">pains as of a woman in labor,</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">7</span>as when an east wind shatters</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">the ships of Tarshish.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">8</span>As we have heard, so have we seen</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">in the city of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> of hosts,</span></span><br /><span class="text">in the city of our God,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">which God establishes forever.<i><span class="selah">Selah</span></i></span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">9</span>We ponder your steadfast love, O God,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">in the midst of your temple.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">10</span>Your name, O God, like your praise,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">reaches to the ends of the earth.</span></span><br /><span class="text">Your right hand is filled with victory.</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">11</span><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span>Let Mount Zion be glad,</span></span><br /><span class="text">let the towns<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-16716a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote a">a</a>]</span> of Judah rejoice</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">because of your judgments.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">12</span>Walk about Zion, go all around it,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">count its towers,</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">13</span>consider well its ramparts;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">go through its citadels,</span></span><br /><span class="text">that you may tell the next generation</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">14</span><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span>that this is God,</span></span><br /><span class="text">our God forever and ever.</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text">He will be our guide forever.</span></span></p></div> <A name="fen"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes</h4><ol><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 48:11">Psalm 48:11</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Heb <i>daughters</i></span></li></ol></div> <!--end of footnotes--></div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version 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