Psalms 48:5-12

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.

⁹We think of thy loving-kindness, O God! In the midst of thy temple!

¹⁰As thy name, O God! so thy praise, extendeth to the ends of the earth; Thy right hand is full of righteousness.

¹¹Mount Zion rejoiceth, The daughters of Judah exult, On account of thy righteous judgments.

¹²Go round about Zion; number her towers;