Psalm 48
Zion Exalted
A song. A psalm of the sons of Korah.
1 The Lord is great and highly praised
in the city of our God.(A)
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.(B)
3 God is known as a stronghold
in its citadels.(C)
4 Look! The kings assembled;
they advanced together.(D)
5 They looked and froze with fear;
they fled in terror.(E)
6 Trembling seized them there,
agony like that of a woman in labor,(F)
7 as You wrecked the ships of Tarshish
with the east wind.(G)
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.(H)Selah
9 God, within Your temple,
we contemplate Your faithful love.(I)
10 Your name, God, like Your praise,
reaches to the ends of the earth;(J)
Your right hand is filled with justice.(K)
11 Mount Zion is glad.
The towns[a] of Judah rejoice
because of Your judgments.(L)
12 Go around Zion, encircle it;
count its towers,
13 note its ramparts; tour its citadels
so that you can tell a future generation:(M)
14 “This God, our God forever and ever—
He will always lead us.”[b](N)
Footnotes
- Psalm 48:11 Lit daughters
- Psalm 48:14 Some Hb mss, LXX; other Hb mss read over death
Cross references
- 48:1 : Ps 2:6; Mc 4:1; Zch 8:3
- 48:2 : Mt 5:35
- 48:3 : Ps 46:7; 50:2
- 48:4 : 2Sm 10:6-19
- 48:5 : Ex 15:15
- 48:6 : Is 13:8; Hs 13:13
- 48:7 : 1Kg 22:48; Jr 18:17; Ezk 27:26
- 48:8 : Ps 87:5; Is 2:2; Mc 4:1
- 48:9 : Ps 26:3; 40:10
- 48:10 : Ps 113:3; Mal 1:11
- 48:10 : Ps 45:4
- 48:11 : Ps 97:8
- 48:12-13 : Ps 78:5-7; 122:7
- 48:14 : Ps 23:3-4; Is 58:11