Psalm 48:1-Psalm 49:1 - Zion Exalted

¹ A song. A psalm of the sons of Korah.The Lord is great and highly praised
in the city of our God.
His holy mountain, ² rising splendidly,
is the joy of the whole earth.
Mount Zion on the slopes of the north
is the city of the great King.
³ God is known as a stronghold
in its citadels.

⁴ Look! The kings assembled;
they advanced together.
⁵ They looked and froze with fear;
they fled in terror.
⁶ Trembling seized them there,
agony like that of a woman in labor,
⁷ as You wrecked the ships of Tarshish
with the east wind.

⁸ 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.Selah

⁹ God, within Your temple,
we contemplate Your faithful love.
¹⁰ Your name, God, like Your praise,
reaches to the ends of the earth;
Your right hand is filled with justice.
¹¹ Mount Zion is glad.
The towns of Judah rejoice
because of Your judgments.

¹² Go around Zion, encircle it;
count its towers,
¹³ note its ramparts; tour its citadels
so that you can tell a future generation:
¹⁴ “This God, our God forever and ever—
He will always lead us.”

¹ For the choir director. A psalm of the sons of Korah.Hear this, all you peoples;
listen, all who inhabit the world,