Psalms 48

Psalm 48

Zion Exalted

A song. A psalm of the sons of Korah.

¹The Lord is great and highly praised in the city of our God. His holy mountain,²³rising splendidly, is the joy of the whole earth. Mount Zion — the summit of Zaphon — is the city of the great King.⁴

⁵God is known as a stronghold in its citadels.⁶

⁷Look! The kings assembled; they advanced together.⁸

⁹They looked and froze with fear; they fled in terror.¹⁰

¹¹Trembling seized them there, agony like that of a woman in labor,¹²

¹³as you wrecked the ships of Tarshish with the east wind.¹⁴

¹⁵Just as we heard, so we have seen in the city of the Lord of Armies, in the city of our God; God will establish it forever.Selah¹⁶

¹⁷God, within your temple, we contemplate your faithful love.¹⁸

¹⁹Like your name, God, so your praise reaches to the ends of the earth; your right hand is filled with justice.²⁰

²¹Mount Zion is glad. Judah’s villages rejoice because of your judgments.²²

²³Go around Zion, encircle it; count its towers,²⁴

²⁵note its ramparts; tour its citadels so that you can tell a future generation:²⁶

²⁷“This God, our God forever and ever — he will always lead us.”²⁸