北面的锡安山雄伟壮丽,
令世人欢喜,
是伟大君王的城。
上帝在城内的宫中,
祂亲自做这城的庇护。
世上的君王一同聚集,前来攻城。

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Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.

God is known in her palaces for a refuge.

For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.

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(A)beautiful in elevation,
    is (B)the joy of all the earth,
Mount Zion, in the far north,
    (C)the city of the great King.
Within her citadels God
    has made himself known as a fortress.

For behold, (D)the kings assembled;
    they came on together.

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Beautiful(A) in its loftiness,
    the joy of the whole earth,
like the heights of Zaphon[a](B) is Mount Zion,(C)
    the city of the Great King.(D)
God is in her citadels;(E)
    he has shown himself to be her fortress.(F)

When the kings joined forces,
    when they advanced together,(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 48:2 Zaphon was the most sacred mountain of the Canaanites.