Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain.
Psalm 48:1
Berean Standard Bible · 14 verses
Psalm 48, attributed to the Sons of Korah, praises Zion, the city of God. It tells of kings who came against the city and fled in fear, and invites people to walk around Jerusalem, look at its towers and pass the story on to the next generation. It ends by saying God will be theirs forever and lead them to the end.
A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
1Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain.
2Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.
3God is in her citadels; He has shown Himself to be a fortress.
4For behold, the kings assembled; they all advanced together.
5They saw and were astounded; they fled in terror.
6Trembling seized them there, anguish like a woman in labor.
7With a wind from the east You wrecked the ships of Tarshish.
8As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the LORD of Hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish her forever. Selah
9Within Your temple, O God, we contemplate Your loving devotion.
10Your name, O God, like Your praise, reaches to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness.
11Mount Zion is glad, the daughters of Judah rejoice, on account of Your judgments.
12March around Zion, encircle her, count her towers,
13consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, that you may tell the next generation.
14For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.
Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain.
Psalm 48:1
Within Your temple, O God, we contemplate Your loving devotion.
Psalm 48:9
For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.
Psalm 48:14