Psalms 48
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A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain.
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Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.
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God is in her citadels; He has shown Himself to be a fortress.
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For behold, the kings assembled; they all advanced together.
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They saw and were astounded; they fled in terror.
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Trembling seized them there, anguish like a woman in labor.
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With a wind from the east You wrecked the ships of Tarshish.
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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 her forever. Selah
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Within Your temple, O God, we contemplate Your loving devotion.
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Your name, O God, like Your praise, reaches to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness.
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Mount Zion is glad, the daughters of Judah rejoice, on account of Your judgments.
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March around Zion, encircle her, count her towers,
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consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, that you may tell the next generation.
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For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.
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