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Psalm 48:1-3
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Psalm 48:1-3
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Psalm 48[a]
A song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah.
Footnotes
- Psalm 48:1 In Hebrew texts 48:1-14 is numbered 48:2-15.
- Psalm 48:2 Zaphon was the most sacred mountain of the Canaanites.
Psalm 48:1-3
King James Version
Psalm 48:1-3
King James Version
48 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
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.
3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
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Psalm 48:9-14
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Psalm 48:9-14
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9 Within your temple, O God,
we meditate(A) on your unfailing love.(B)
10 Like your name,(C) O God,
your praise reaches to the ends of the earth;(D)
your right hand is filled with righteousness.
11 Mount Zion rejoices,
the villages of Judah are glad
because of your judgments.(E)
12 Walk about Zion, go around her,
count her towers,(F)
13 consider well her ramparts,(G)
view her citadels,(H)
that you may tell of them
to the next generation.(I)
14 For this God is our God for ever and ever;
he will be our guide(J) even to the end.
Psalm 48:9-14
King James Version
Psalm 48:9-14
King James Version
9 We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
10 According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.
14 For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.
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