Psalms — Chapter 48

A song. A psalm of the Korahites.

GOD is great and much acclaimedin the city of our God,the holy mountain—

fair-crested, joy of all the earth,Mount Zion, summit of Zaphon,aZaphon A term for the divine abode. city of the great ruler.

Through its citadels, God has become known as a haven.

See, the kings joined forces;they advanced together.

At the mere sight of it they were stunned,they were terrified, they panicked;

they were seized there with a trembling,like a woman in the throes of labor,

as the Tarshish fleet was wreckedin an easterly gale.bas the Tarshish fleet … gale See 1 Kings 22.49.

The likes of what we heard we have now witnessedin the city of GOD of hosts,in the city of our God—may God preserve it forever!    Selah.

In Your temple, God,we meditate upon Your faithful care.

The praise of You, God, like Your name,reaches to the ends of the earth;Your right hand is filled with beneficence.

Let Mount Zion rejoice!Let the townsctowns Or “women.” of Judah exult,because of Your judgments.

Walk around Zion,circle it;count its towers,

take note of its ramparts;go throughdgo through Meaning of Heb. uncertain. its citadels,that you may recount it to a future age.

For God truly is our God forever,who will lead us evermore.eevermore Meaning of Heb. uncertain.