psa 48:1

  Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.

psa 48:2

  Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.

psa 48:3

  God is known in her palaces for a refuge.

psa 48:4

  For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.

psa 48:5

  They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.

psa 48:6

  Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

psa 48:7

  Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.

psa 48:8

  As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.

psa 48:9

  We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.

psa 48:10

  According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.

psa 48:11

  Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.

psa 48:12

  Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.

psa 48:13

  Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.

psa 48:14

  For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.