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Psalm 48

Common English Bible CEB

1 In the city belonging to our God, the LORD is great and so worthy of praise! His holy mountain

2 is a beautiful summit, the joy of the whole world. Mount Zion, in the far north, is the city of the great king.

3 God is in its fortifications, revealing himself as a place of safety.

4 Look: the kings assembled themselves, advancing all together—

5 when they saw it, they were stunned; they panicked and ran away frightened.

6 Trembling took hold of them right there— like a woman giving birth,

7 or like the east wind when it smashes the ships of Tarshish.

8 Just like we had heard, now we've seen it for ourselves in the city of the LORD of heavenly forces, in the city of our God. May God make it secure forever! Selah

9 We dwell on your faithful love, God, in your temple.

10 Your praise, God, just like your reputation, extends to the far corners of the earth. Your strong hand is filled with righteousness.

11 Let Mount Zion be glad; let the towns of Judah rejoice because of your acts of justice!

12 Walk around Zion; go all the way around it; count its towers.

13 Examine its defenses closely; tour its fortifications so that you may tell future generations:

14 "This is God, our God, forever and always! He is the one who will lead us even to the very end."

The Message Bible MSG

1 God majestic, praise abounds in our God-city! His sacred mountain,

2 breathtaking in its heights - earth's joy. Zion Mountain looms in the North, city of the world-King.

3 God in his citadel peaks impregnable.

4 The kings got together, they united and came.

5 They took one look and shook their heads, they scattered and ran away.

6 They doubled up in pain like a woman having a baby.

7 You smashed the ships of Tarshish with a storm out of the East.

8 We heard about it, then we saw it with our eyes - In God's city of angel armies, in the city our God Set on firm foundations, firm forever.

9 We pondered your love-in-action, God, waiting in your temple:

10 Your name, God, evokes a train of Hallelujahs wherever It is spoken, near and far; your arms are heaped with goodness-in-action.

11 Be glad, Zion Mountain; Dance, Judah's daughters! He does what he said he'd do!

12 Circle Zion, take her measure, count her fortress peaks,

13 Gaze long at her sloping bulwark, climb her citadel heights - Then you can tell the next generation detail by detail the story of God,

14 Our God forever, who guides us till the end of time.