1 A song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and most worthy of praise, in the city of our God, his holy mountain. |
2 It is beautiful in its loftiness, the joy of the whole earth. Like the utmost heights of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the Great King. |
3 God is in her citadels; he has shown himself to be her fortress. |
4 When the kings joined forces, when they advanced together, |
5 they saw her and were astounded; they fled in terror. |
6 Trembling seized them there, pain like that of a woman in labor. |
7 You destroyed them like ships of Tarshish shattered by an east wind. |
8 As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD Almighty, in the city of our God: God makes her secure forever. Selah |
9 Within your temple, O God, we meditate on your unfailing love. |
10 Like your name, O God, your praise reaches to the ends of the earth; your right hand is filled with righteousness. |
11 Mount Zion rejoices, the villages of Judah are glad because of your judgments. |
12 Walk about Zion, go around her, count her towers, |
13 consider well her ramparts, view her citadels, that you may tell of them to the next generation. |
14 For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end. |