Psalm 48

ZION EXALTED

A song. A psalm of the sons of Korah.

1 The Lord is great and highly praised

in the city of our God.z

His holy mountain, 2 rising splendidly,

is the joy of the whole earth.

Mount Zion—the summit of Zaphon—

is the city of the great King.aa

3 God is known as a stronghold

in its citadels.ab

4 Look! The kings assembled;

they advanced together.ac

5 They looked and froze with fear;

they fled in terror.ad

6 Trembling seized them there,

agony like that of a woman in labor,ae

7 as you wrecked the ships of Tarshish

with the east wind.af

8 Just as we heard, so we have seen

in the city of the Lord of Armies,

in the city of our God;

God will establish it forever.a

Selah

9 God, within your temple,

we contemplate your faithful love.b

10 Like your name, God, so your praise

reaches to the ends of the earth;c

your right hand is filled with justice.d

11 Mount Zion is glad.

Judah’s villagesA rejoice

because of your judgments.e

12 Go around Zion, encircle it;

count its towers,

13 note its ramparts; tour its citadels

so that you can tell a future generation:f

14 “This God, our God forever and ever—

he will always lead us.”B,g