Great [is]
the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God,
[in] the mountain of his holiness.
48:2
Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, [is]
mount Zion, [on] the sides of the north, the city of the great
King.
48:3
God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
48:4
For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
48:5
They saw [it, and] so they marvelled; they were troubled,
[and] hasted away.
48:6
Fear took hold upon them there, [and] pain, as of a woman
in travail.
48:7
Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
48:8
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.
48:9
We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst
of thy temple.
48:10
According to thy name, O God, so [is] thy praise unto the
ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
48:11
Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be
glad, because of thy judgments.
48:12
Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers
thereof.
48:13
Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye
may tell [it] to the generation following.
48:14
For this God [is] our God for ever and ever: he will be
our guide [even] unto death.
