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Psalm 48

1 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.

1 Great is the LORD, and most worthy of praise, in the city of our God, his holy mountain.

2 The city of the great King is well planted on the mountains of Sion, with the joy of the whole earth, on the sides of the north.

2 Beautiful in its loftiness, the joy of the whole earth, like the heights of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the Great King.

3 God is known in her palaces, when he undertakes to help her.

3 God is in her citadels; he has shown himself to be her fortress.

4 For, behold the kings of the earth were assembled, they came together.

4 When the kings joined forces, when they advanced together,

5 They saw, and so they wondered: they were troubled, they were moved.

5 they saw her and were astounded; they fled in terror.

6 Trembling took hold on them: there were the pangs as of a woman in travail.

6 Trembling seized them there, pain like that of a woman in labor.

7 Thou wilt break the ships of Tharsis with a vehement wind.

7 You destroyed them like ships of Tarshish shattered by an east wind.

8 As we have heard, so have we also seen, in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God has founded it for ever. Pause.

8 As we have heard, so we have seen in the city of the LORD Almighty, in the city of our God: God makes her secure forever.

9 We have thought of thy mercy, O God, in the midst of thy people.

9 Within your temple, O God, we meditate on your unfailing love.

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

10 Like your name, O God, your praise reaches to the ends of the earth; your right hand is filled with righteousness.

11 Let mount Sion rejoice, let the daughters of Judaea exult, because of thy judgments, O Lord.

11 Mount Zion rejoices, the villages of Judah are glad because of your judgments.

12 Go round about Sion, and encompass her: tell ye her towers.

12 Walk about Zion, go around her, count her towers,

13 Mark ye well her strength, and observe her palaces; that ye may tell the next generation.

13 consider well her ramparts, view her citadels, that you may tell of them to the next generation.

14 For this is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide for evermore.

14 For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end.

The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.