PsalmsPsalm 48 |
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1 GREAT is our LORD, and exceedingly exalted in the city of our God and in his holy and glorious mountain. |
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2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion on the slopes of the north, the city of the great King. |
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3 God shows his might in her walled cities. |
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4 For, lo, the kings were prepared, and they passed by together. |
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5 They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were frustrated and hastened away. |
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6 Fear took hold of them, and pain, as of a woman in travail. |
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7 With a violent storm, the ships of Tarshish shall be broken. |
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8 As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of our God; God will establish it for ever. |
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9 We have trusted upon thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple. |
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10 As is 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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11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad because of thy judgments, O LORD. |
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12 Circle Zion, and go round about her; count the towers thereof. |
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13 Mark well her strength and the depth of her bulwarks, that you may tell it to another generation. |
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14 For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide until death. |