AB - Psalms - 48

48:1  Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in His holy mountain.

48:2  The city of the great King is well planted on the mountains of Zion, with the joy of the whole earth, on the sides of the north.

48:3  God is known in her palaces, when He undertakes to help her.

48:4  For behold, the kings of the earth were assembled, they came together.

48:5  They saw, and so they wondered; they were troubled, they were moved.

48:6  Trembling took hold of them; there were the pangs as of a woman in travail.

48:7  You will break the ships of Tarshish with a vehement wind.

48:8  As we have heard, so have we also seen, in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God; God has founded it forever. Pause.

48:9  We have thought of Your mercy, O God, in the midst of Your people.

48:10  According to Your name, O God, so is also Your praise to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness.

48:11  Let Mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah rejoice, because of Your judgments, O Lord.

48:12  Go round about Zion, and encompass her; count her towers.

48:13  Mark well her strength, and observe her palaces; that you may tell the next generation.

48:14  For this is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide forevermore.