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Psalm 48 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

The City of Our God

Psa 48:1

A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised,

In the city of our God, His holy mountain.

Psa 48:2

Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth,

Is Mount Zion in the far north,

The city of the great King.

Psa 48:3

God, in her palaces,

Has made Himself known as a stronghold.

Psa 48:4

For, behold, the kings assembled themselves,

They passed by together.

Psa 48:5

They saw it, then they were astonished;

They were dismayed, they [fn]fled in alarm.

Psa 48:6

[fn]Panic seized them there,

Anguish, as of a woman in childbirth.

Psa 48:7

With the east wind

You break the ships of Tarshish.

Psa 48:8

As we have heard, so have we seen

In the city of Yahweh of hosts, in the city of our God;

God will establish her forever. [fn]Selah.

Psa 48:9

We have thought on Your lovingkindness, O God,

In the midst of Your temple.

Psa 48:10

As is Your name, O God,

So is Your praise to the ends of the earth;

Your right hand is full of righteousness.

Psa 48:11

Let Mount Zion be glad,

Let the daughters of Judah rejoice

Because of Your judgments.

Psa 48:12

Walk about Zion and go around her;

Count her towers;

Psa 48:13

Consider her ramparts;

Go through her palaces,

That you may recount it to the next generation.

Psa 48:14

For this is God,

Our God forever and ever;

He will guide us [fn]over death.

LSB Footnotes
Lit were hurried away
Lit Trembling
Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical Interlude
Lit upon; some mss and Gr forever
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