48:1 A Song, a Psalm, by sons of Korah. Great [is] Jehovah, and praised greatly, In the city of our God -- His holy hill.

48:2 Beautiful [for] elevation, A joy of all the land, [is] Mount Zion, The sides of the north, the city of a great king.

48:3 God in her high places is known for a tower.

48:4 For, lo, the kings met, they passed by together,

48:5 They have seen -- so they have marvelled, They have been troubled, they were hastened away.

48:6 Trembling hath seized them there, Pain, as of a travailing woman.

48:7 By an east wind Thou shiverest ships of Tarshish.

48:8 As we have heard, so we have seen, In the city of Jehovah of hosts, In the city of our God, God doth establish her -- to the age. Selah.

48:9 We have thought, O God, of Thy kindness, In the midst of Thy temple,

48:10 As [is] Thy name, O God, so [is] Thy praise, Over the ends of the earth, Righteousness hath filled Thy right hand.

48:11 Rejoice doth Mount Zion, The daughters of Judah are joyful, For the sake of Thy judgments.

48:12 Compass Zion, and go round her, count her towers,

48:13 Set your heart to her bulwark, Consider her high places, So that ye recount to a later generation,