48:1 {A Song; a Psalm. Of the sons of Korah.} Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the hill of his holiness.

48:2 Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, [on] the sides of the north, the city of the great King.

48:3 God is known in her palaces as a high fortress.

48:4 For behold, the kings assembled themselves, they passed by together;

48:5 They saw, -- so they marvelled; they were troubled, they fled in consternation:

48:6 Trembling took hold upon them there; anguish, as of a woman in travail.

48:7 With an east wind thou hast broken the ships of Tarshish.

48:8 As we have heard, so have we seen, in the city of Jehovah of hosts, in the city of our God: God doth establish it for ever. Selah.

48:9 We have thought, O God, of thy loving-kindness, in the midst of thy temple.

48:10 According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.

48:11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.

48:12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her: count the towers thereof;

48:13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces: that ye may tell it to the generation following.