Psalm 48

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The Lord is great and highly praised
in the city of our God.^(A)
His holy mountain,

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rising splendidly,
is the joy of the whole earth.
Mount Zion on the slopes of the north
is the city of the great King.^(B)

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God is known as a stronghold
in its citadels.^(C)

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Look! The kings assembled;
they advanced together.^(D)

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They looked and froze with fear;
they fled in terror.^(E)

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Trembling seized them there,
agony like that of a woman in labor,^(F)

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as You wrecked the ships of Tarshish
with the east wind.^(G)

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Just as we heard, so we have seen
in the city of Yahweh of Hosts,
in the city of our God;
God will establish it forever.^(H)Selah

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God, within Your temple,
we contemplate Your faithful love.^(I)

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Your name, God, like Your praise,
reaches to the ends of the earth;^(J)
Your right hand is filled with justice.^(K)

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Mount Zion is glad.
The towns^(a) of Judah rejoice
because of Your judgments.^(L)

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Go around Zion, encircle it;
count its towers,

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note its ramparts; tour its citadels
so that you can tell a future generation:^(M)

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“This God, our God forever and ever—
He will always lead us.”^(b)^(N)

a. Psalm 48:11: Lit daughters

b. Psalm 48:14: Some Hb mss, LXX; other Hb mss read over death

A. Psalm 48:1: Psalm 2:6

B. Psalm 48:2: Matthew 5:35

C. Psalm 48:3: Psalm 46:7; Psalm 50:2

D. Psalm 48:4: 2 Samuel 10:6-19

E. Psalm 48:5: Exodus 15:15

F. Psalm 48:6: Isaiah 13:8

G. Psalm 48:7: Jeremiah 18:17; Ezekiel 27:26

H. Psalm 48:8: Psalm 87:5; Isaiah 2:2

I. Psalm 48:9: Psalm 26:3; Psalm 40:10

J. Psalm 48:10: Psalm 113:3; Malachi 1:11

K. Psalm 48:10: Psalm 45:4

L. Psalm 48:11: Psalm 97:8

M. Psalm 48:12: Psalm 78:5-7; Psalm 122:7

N. Psalm 48:14: Psalm 23:3-4; Isaiah 58:11