Chapter 48
1 A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain.
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2 Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon1 is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.
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- Or in the far north; the most sacred mountain of the Canaanites was Zaphon
3 God is in her citadels; He has shown Himself to be a fortress.
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4 For behold, the kings assembled; they all advanced together.
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5 They saw and were astounded; they fled in terror.
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6 Trembling seized them there, anguish like a woman in labor.
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7 With a wind from the east You wrecked the ships of Tarshish.1
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- Or a fleet of trading ships
8 As 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
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9 Within Your temple, O God, we contemplate Your loving devotion.
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10 Your name, O God, like Your praise, reaches to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness.
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11 Mount Zion is glad, the daughters1 of Judah rejoice, on account of Your judgments.
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- Or the villages
12 March around Zion, encircle her, count her towers,
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13 consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, that you may tell the next generation.
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14 For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.1
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- Or He will guide us beyond death