Psalm 48

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

48 Unto the end, a psalm for the sons of Core.

²Hear these things, all ye nations: give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world.

³All you that are earthborn, and you sons of men: both rich and poor together.

⁴My mouth shall speak wisdom: and the meditation of my heart understanding.

⁵I will incline my ear to a parable; I will open my proposition on the psaltery.

⁶Why shall I fear in the evil day? the iniquity of my heel shall encompass me.

⁷They that trust in their own strength, and glory in the multitude of their riches,

⁸No brother can redeem, nor shall man redeem: he shall not give to God his ransom,

⁹Nor the price of the redemption of his soul: and shall labour for ever,

¹⁰And shall still live unto the end.

¹¹He shall not see destruction, when he shall see the wise dying: the senseless and the fool shall perish together: And they shall leave their riches to strangers:

¹²And their sepulchres shall be their houses for ever. Their dwelling places to all generations: they have called their lands by their names.

¹³And man when he was in honour did not understand; he is compared to senseless beasts, and is become like to them.

¹⁴This way of theirs is a stumblingblock to them: and afterwards they shall delight in their mouth.

¹⁵They are laid in hell like sheep: death shall feed upon them. And the just shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their help shall decay in hell from their glory.

¹⁶But God will redeem my soul from the hand of hell, when he shall receive me.

¹⁷Be not thou afraid, when a man shall be made rich, and when the glory of his house shall be increased.

¹⁸For when he shall die he shall take nothing away; nor shall his glory descend with him.

¹⁹For in his lifetime his soul will be blessed: and he will praise thee when thou shalt do well to him.

²⁰He shall go in to the generations of his fathers: and he shall never see light.

²¹Man when he was in honour did not understand: he hath been compared to senseless beasts, and made like to them.

Psalm 48

English Standard Version

Zion, the City of Our God

A Song. A Psalm of ^(A)the Sons of Korah.

48 ^(B)Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised
    in ^(C)the city of our God!
His ^(D)holy mountain, ²^(E)beautiful in elevation,
    is ^(F)the joy of all the earth,
Mount Zion, in the far north,
    ^(G)the city of the great King.
³Within her citadels God
    has made himself known as a fortress.

⁴For behold, ^(H)the kings assembled;
    they came on together.
⁵As soon as they saw it, they were astounded;
    they were in panic; they took to flight.
⁶^(I)Trembling took hold of them there,
    anguish ^(J)as of a woman in labor.
⁷By ^(K)the east wind you ^(L)shattered
    the ships of ^(M)Tarshish.
⁸As we have heard, so have we seen
    in the city of the Lord of hosts,
in ^(N)the city of our God,
    which God will ^(O)establish forever. Selah

⁹We have thought on your ^(P)steadfast love, O God,
    in the midst of your temple.
¹⁰As your ^(Q)name, O God,
    so your praise reaches to ^(R)the ends of the earth.
Your right hand is filled with righteousness.
¹¹    Let Mount ^(S)Zion be glad!
Let ^(T)the daughters of Judah rejoice
    because of your judgments!

¹²Walk about Zion, go around her,
    number her towers,
¹³consider well her ^(U)ramparts,
    go through her citadels,
^(V)that you may tell the next generation
¹⁴    that this is God,
our God forever and ever.
    He will ^(W)guide us forever.^[a]

Footnotes

Psalm 48:14 Septuagint; another reading is (compare Jerome, Syriac) He will guide us beyond death

Psalm 48

New International Version

Psalm 48^[a]

A song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah.

¹Great is the Lord,^(A) and most worthy of praise,^(B)
in the city of our God,^(C) his holy mountain.^(D)

²Beautiful^(E) in its loftiness,
    the joy of the whole earth,
like the heights of Zaphon^[b]^(F) is Mount Zion,^(G)
    the city of the Great King.^(H)
³God is in her citadels;^(I)
    he has shown himself to be her fortress.^(J)

⁴When the kings joined forces,
    when they advanced together,^(K)
⁵they saw her and were astounded;
    they fled in terror.^(L)
⁶Trembling seized^(M) them there,
    pain like that of a woman in labor.^(N)
⁷You destroyed them like ships of Tarshish^(O)
    shattered by an east wind.^(P)

⁸As we have heard,
    so we have seen
in the city of the Lord Almighty,
    in the city of our God:
God makes her secure
    forever.^[c]^(Q)

⁹Within your temple, O God,
    we meditate^(R) on your unfailing love.^(S)
¹⁰Like your name,^(T) O God,
    your praise reaches to the ends of the earth;^(U)
    your right hand is filled with righteousness.
¹¹Mount Zion rejoices,
    the villages of Judah are glad
    because of your judgments.^(V)

¹²Walk about Zion, go around her,
    count her towers,^(W)
¹³consider well her ramparts,^(X)
    view her citadels,^(Y)
that you may tell of them
    to the next generation.^(Z)

¹⁴For this God is our God for ever and ever;
he will be our guide^(AA) even to the end.

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 48:8 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.

Psalm 48

New King James Version

The Glory of God in Zion

A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

48 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised
In the ^(A)city of our God,
In His holy mountain.
²^(B)Beautiful in ^[a]elevation,
The joy of the whole earth,
Is Mount Zion on the sides of the north,
The city of the great King.
³God is in her palaces;
He is known as her refuge.

⁴For behold, ^(C)the kings assembled,
They passed by together.
⁵They saw it, and so they marveled;
They were troubled, they hastened away.
⁶Fear ^(D)took hold of them there,
And pain, as of a woman in birth pangs,
⁷As when You break the ^(E)ships of Tarshish
With an east wind.

⁸As we have heard,
So we have seen
In the city of the Lord of hosts,
In the city of our God:
God will ^(F)establish it forever. Selah

⁹We have thought, O God, on ^(G)Your lovingkindness,
In the midst of Your temple.
¹⁰According to ^(H)Your name, O God,
So is Your praise to the ends of the earth;
Your right hand is full of righteousness.
¹¹Let Mount Zion rejoice,
Let the daughters of Judah be glad,
Because of Your judgments.

¹²Walk about Zion,
And go all around her.
Count her towers;
¹³Mark well her bulwarks;
Consider her palaces;
That you may ^(I)tell it to the generation following.
¹⁴For this is God,
Our God forever and ever;
^(J)He will be our guide
^[b]Even to death.

Footnotes

Psalm 48:2 height
Psalm 48:14 So with MT, Syr.; LXX, Vg. Forever

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Psalm 48

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