PSALM 48 (NIV)
- Great is the LORD and most worthy of praise, in the city of our God, his holy mountian.
- It is beautiful in its loftiness, the joy of the whole earth. Like the utmost heights of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the Great King.
- God is in her citadels; he has shown himself to be her fortress.
- When the kings joined forces, when they advanced together,
- they saw her and were astounded; they fled in terror.
- Trembling seized them there, pain like that of a woman in labor.
- You destroyed them like ships of Tarshish shattered by an east wind.
- As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD Almighty, in the city of our God: God makes her secure forever. Selah
- Within your temple, O God, we meditate on your unfailing love.
- Like your name, O God, your praise reaches to the ends of the earth; your right hand is filled with righteousness.
- Mount Zion rejoices, the villages of Judah are glad because of your judgments.
- Walk about Zion, go around her, count her towers,
- consider well her ramparts, view her citadels, that you may tell of them to the next generation.
- For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end.
