48:1 {A Song [and] Psalm for the sons of Korah.} Great [is] the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, [in] the mountain of his holiness.
48:1 A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised In the city of our God, In His holy mountain.

48:2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, [is] mount Zion, [on] the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
48:2 Beautiful in elevation, The joy of the whole earth, Is Mount Zion on the sides of the north, The city of the great King.

48:3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
48:3 God is in her palaces; He is known as her refuge.

48:4 For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
48:4 For behold, the kings assembled, They passed by together.

48:5 They saw [it, and] so they marvelled; they were troubled, [and] hasted away.
48:5 They saw it, and so they marveled; They were troubled, they hastened away.

48:6 Fear took hold upon them there, [and] pain, as of a woman in travail.
48:6 Fear took hold of them there, And pain, as of a woman in birth pangs,

48:7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
48:7 As when You break the ships of Tarshish With an east wind.

48:8 As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
48:8 As we have heard, So we have seen In the city of the LORD of hosts, In the city of our God: God will establish it forever. Selah

48:9 We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
48:9 We have thought, O God, on Your lovingkindness, In the midst of Your temple.

48:10 According to thy name, O God, so [is] thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
48:10 According to Your name, O God, So is Your praise to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness.

48:11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
48:11 Let Mount Zion rejoice, Let the daughters of Judah be glad, Because of Your judgments.

48:12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
48:12 Walk about Zion, And go all around her. Count her towers;

48:13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell [it] to the generation following.
48:13 Mark well her bulwarks; Consider her palaces; That you may tell it to the generation following.

48:14 For this God [is] our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide [even] unto death.
48:14 For this is God, Our God forever and ever; He will be our guide Even to death.