1 {A Song of a Psalm of the children of Korah} Great is the LORD, and highly to be praised, in the city of our God, even upon his holy hill.
2 The hill of Zion is like a fair plant, whereof all the land rejoiceth: upon the north side lieth the city of the great King.
3 God is well known in her palaces, that he is the defense of the same.
4 For lo, the kings of the earth were gathered, and gone by together.
5 They marveled, to see such things: they were astonished, and suddenly cast down.
6 Fear came there upon them, and sorrow as upon a woman in her travail.
7 Thou shalt break the ships of the sea, through the east wind.
8 Like as we have heard, so see we in the city of the LORD of Hosts, in the city of our God. God upholdeth the same forever. Selah.