Psalms 48:1-13

¹A song or Psalme committed to the sonnes of Korah. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praysed, in the Citie of our God, euen vpon his holy Mountaine.

²Mount Zion, lying Northwarde, is faire in situation: it is the ioy of the whole earth, and the Citie of the great King.

³In the palaces thereof God is knowen for a refuge.

⁴For lo, the Kings were gathered, and went together.

⁵When they sawe it, they marueiled: they were astonied, and suddenly driuen backe.

⁶Feare came there vpon them, and sorowe, as vpon a woman in trauaile.

⁷As with an East winde thou breakest the shippes of Tarshish, so were they destroyed.

⁸As we haue heard, so haue we seene in the citie of the Lord of hostes, in the Citie of our God: God will stablish it for euer. Selah.

⁹We waite for thy louing kindnes, O God, in the middes of thy Temple.

¹⁰O God, according vnto thy Name, so is thy prayse vnto the worlds end: thy right hand is full of righteousnes.

¹¹Let mount Zion reioyce, and the daughters of Iudah be glad, because of thy iudgements.

¹²Compasse about Zion, and goe round about it, and tell the towres thereof.

¹³Marke well the wall thereof: beholde her towres, that ye may tell your posteritie.