Psalm 48 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

The Glory and Strength of Zion

A Song. A Psalm of the Korahites.

¹ Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised in the city of our God. His holy mountain,

² beautiful in elevation, is the joy of all the earth, Mount Zion, in the far north, the city of the great King.

³ Within its citadels God has shown himself a sure defense.

⁴ Then the kings assembled, they came on together.

⁵ As soon as they saw it, they were astounded; they were in panic, they took to flight;

⁶ trembling took hold of them there, pains as of a woman in labor,

⁷ as when an east wind shatters the ships of Tarshish.

⁸ As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God, which God establishes forever. Selah

⁹ We ponder your steadfast love, O God, in the midst of your temple.

¹⁰ Your name, O God, like your praise, reaches to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is filled with victory.

¹¹ Let Mount Zion be glad, let the towns of Judah rejoice because of your judgments.

¹² Walk about Zion, go all around it, count its towers,

¹³ consider well its ramparts; go through its citadels, that you may tell the next generation

¹⁴ that this is God, our God forever and ever. He will be our guide forever.