Psalm 48:1WEB
Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
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A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.
Psalm 48:1WEB
Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Psalm 48:2WEB
Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is Mount Zion, on the north sides, the city of the great King.
Psalm 48:3WEB
God has shown himself in her citadels as a refuge.
Psalm 48:4WEB
For, behold, the kings assembled themselves, they passed by together.
Psalm 48:5WEB
They saw it, then they were amazed. They were dismayed. They hurried away.
Psalm 48:6WEB
Trembling took hold of them there, pain, as of a woman in travail.
Psalm 48:7WEB
With the east wind, you break the ships of Tarshish.
Psalm 48:8WEB
As we have heard, so we have seen, in the city of Yahweh of Armies, in the city of our God. God will establish it forever. Selah.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Psalm 48:9WEB
We have thought about your loving kindness, God, in the middle of your temple.
Psalm 48:10WEB
As is your name, God, so is your praise to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is full of righteousness.
Psalm 48:11WEB
Let Mount Zion be glad! Let the daughters of Judah rejoice because of your judgments.
Psalm 48:12WEB
Walk about Zion, and go around her. Number its towers.
Psalm 48:13WEB
Notice her bulwarks. Consider her palaces, that you may tell it to the next generation.
Psalm 48:14WEB
For this God is our God forever and ever. He will be our guide even to death.
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain.