Psalm 48

Psalm 48

ZION EXALTED

A song. A psalm of the sons of Korah.

¹The Lord is great and highly praised

in the city of our God.^z

His holy mountain, ²rising splendidly,

is the joy of the whole earth.

Mount Zion—the summit of Zaphon—

is the city of the great King.^aa

³God is known as a stronghold

in its citadels.^ab

⁴Look! The kings assembled;

they advanced together.^ac

⁵They looked and froze with fear;

they fled in terror.^ad

⁶Trembling seized them there,

agony like that of a woman in labor,^ae

⁷as you wrecked the ships of Tarshish

with the east wind.^af

⁸Just 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

⁹God, within your temple,

we contemplate your faithful love.^b

¹⁰Like your name, God, so your praise

reaches to the ends of the earth;^c

your right hand is filled with justice.^d

¹¹Mount Zion is glad.

Judah’s villages^A rejoice

because of your judgments.^e

¹²Go around Zion, encircle it;

count its towers,

¹³note 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.”^Bg