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Psalm 48

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.

New Living Translation NLT

1 How great is the LORD, how deserving of praise, in the city of our God, which sits on his holy mountain!

2 It is high and magnificent; the whole earth rejoices to see it! Mount Zion, the holy mountain, is the city of the great King!

3 God himself is in Jerusalem’s towers, revealing himself as its defender.

4 The kings of the earth joined forces and advanced against the city.

5 But when they saw it, they were stunned; they were terrified and ran away.

6 They were gripped with terror and writhed in pain like a woman in labor.

7 You destroyed them like the mighty ships of Tarshish shattered by a powerful east wind.

8 We had heard of the city’s glory, but now we have seen it ourselves— the city of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. It is the city of our God; he will make it safe forever. Interlude

9 O God, we meditate on your unfailing love as we worship in your Temple.

10 As your name deserves, O God, you will be praised to the ends of the earth. Your strong right hand is filled with victory.

11 Let the people on Mount Zion rejoice. Let all the towns of Judah be glad because of your justice.

12 Go, inspect the city of Jerusalem. Walk around and count the many towers.

13 Take note of the fortified walls, and tour all the citadels, that you may describe them to future generations.

14 For that is what God is like. He is our God forever and ever, and he will guide us until we die.