Psalm 48

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Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised,

In the city of our God, His holy mountain.
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Fair and beautiful in elevation, the joy of all the earth,
Is Mount Zion [the City of David] in the far north,
The city of the great King.^(A)

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God, in her palaces,
Has made Himself known as a stronghold.

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For, lo, the kings assembled themselves,
They [came and] passed by together.

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They saw it, then they were amazed;
They were stricken with terror, they fled in alarm.

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Panic seized them there,
And pain, as that of a woman in childbirth.

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With the east wind
You shattered the ships of Tarshish.

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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 her forever. Selah.

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We have thought of Your lovingkindness, O God,
In the midst of Your temple.

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As is Your name, O God,
So is Your praise to the ends of the earth;
Your right hand is full of righteousness (rightness, justice).

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Let Mount Zion be glad,
Let the daughters of Judah rejoice
Because of Your [righteous] judgments.

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Walk about Zion, go all around her;
Count her towers,

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Consider her ramparts,
Go through her palaces,
That you may tell the next generation [about her glory].

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For this is God,
Our God forever and ever;
He will be our guide even until death.

A. Psalm 48:2: Matthew 5:35