Third Millennium Bible TMB
GOD'S WORD Translation GW
1 <<A song. A Psalm for the sons of Korah.>> Great is the LORD and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, on the mountain of His holiness.
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The LORD is great. He should be highly praised. His holy mountain is in the city of our God.
2 Beautiful in situation, 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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Its beautiful peak is the joy of the whole earth. Mount Zion is on the northern ridge. It is the city of the great king.
3 God is known in her palaces as a refuge.
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God is in its palaces. He has proved that he is a stronghold.
4 For lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
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The kings have gathered. They marched together.
5 They saw it and so they marveled; they were troubled and hastened away.
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[When] they saw [Mount Zion], they were astonished. They were terrified and ran away in fear.
6 Fear took hold upon them there, and pain as of a woman in travail;
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Trembling seized them like the trembling that a woman experiences during labor.
7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
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With the east wind you smash the ships of Tarshish.
8 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 for ever. Selah
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The things we had only heard about, we have now seen in the city of the LORD of Armies, in the city of our God. God makes Zion stand firm forever. Selah
9 We have thought of Thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of Thy temple.
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Inside your temple we carefully reflect on your mercy, O God.
10 According to Thy name, O God, so is Thy praise unto the ends of the earth; Thy right hand is full of righteousness.
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Like your name, O God, your praise [reaches] to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is filled with righteousness.
11 Let Mount Zion rejoice! Let the daughters of Judah be glad because of Thy judgments!
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Let Mount Zion be glad and the cities of Judah rejoice because of your judgments.
12 Walk about Zion and go round about her, count the towers thereof;
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Walk around Zion. Go around it. Count its towers.
13 mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces, that ye may tell it to the generation that follows.
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Examine its embankments. Walk through its palaces. Then you can tell the next generation,
14 For this God is our God for ever and ever; He will be our guide even unto death.
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"This God is our God forever and ever. He will lead us beyond death."
Third Millennium Bible (TMB), New Authorized Version, Copyright 1998 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc., Gary, SD 57237. All rights reserved.
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