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Hebrew Names Version HNV
1 A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised In the city of our God, In His holy mountain.
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<<A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korach.>> Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, In the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
2 Beautiful in elevation, The joy of the whole earth, Is Mount Zion on the sides of the north, The city of the great King.
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Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole eretz, Is Mount Tziyon, on the north sides, The city of the great King.
3 God is in her palaces; He is known as her refuge.
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God has shown himself in her citadels as a refuge.
4 For behold, the kings assembled, They passed by together.
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For, behold, the kings assembled themselves, They passed by together.
5 They saw it, and so they marveled; They were troubled, they hastened away.
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They saw it, then were they amazed. They were dismayed, They hurried away.
6 Fear took hold of them there, And pain, as of a woman in birth pangs,
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Trembling took hold of them there, Pain, as of a woman in travail.
7 As when You break the ships of Tarshish With an east wind.
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With the east wind, you break the ships of Tarshish.
8 As we have heard, So we have seen In the city of the Lord of hosts, In the city of our God: God will establish it forever. Selah
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As we have heard, so have we seen, In the city of the LORD of Hosts, in the city of our God. God will establish it forever. Selah.
9 We have thought, O God, on Your lovingkindness, In the midst of Your temple.
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We have thought about your lovingkindness, God, In the midst of your temple.
10 According to Your name, O God, So is Your praise to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness.
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As is your name, God, So is your praise to the ends of the eretz. Your right hand is full of righteousness.
11 Let Mount Zion rejoice, Let the daughters of Judah be glad, Because of Your judgments.
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Let Mount Tziyon be glad! Let the daughters of Yehudah rejoice, Because of your judgments.
12 Walk about Zion, And go all around her. Count her towers;
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Walk about Tziyon, and go around her. Number the towers of it;
13 Mark well her bulwarks; Consider her palaces; That you may tell it to the generation following.
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Mark well her bulwarks. Consider her palaces, That you may tell it to the next generation.
14 For this is God, Our God forever and ever; He will be our guide Even to death.
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For this God is our God forever and ever. He will be our guide even to death.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
The Hebrew Names Version is in the public domain.