Psalms 48:1-8

¹“A psalm of the sons of Korah.” Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised In the city of our God, upon his holy mountain.

²Beautiful in its elevation is Mount Zion, The joy of the whole earth; The joy of the farthest North is the city of the great king;

³In her palaces God is known as a refuge.

⁴For, lo! kings were assembled against it; They passed away together.

⁵As soon as they saw, they were astonished; They were confounded, and hasted away.

⁶There terror seized upon them,—Pain, as of a woman in travail;

⁷As when the east wind breaketh in pieces The ships of Tarshish.

⁸As 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. Pause.