Psalms 48:5-12

⁵but when they saw it, they were amazed; they became terrified, and ran away.

⁶Because they were very afraid, they trembled like a woman who is about to give birth to a child;

⁷they shook like ships sailing from Tarshish are shaken by a strong wind.

⁸We had heard that this city is glorious, and now we have seen that it is. It is the city in which Yahweh, the almighty one, lives. It is the city which God will preserve/protect forever.

⁹God, here in your temple we think about how you faithfully love us.

¹⁰You MTY are famous and ◄are praised/people praise you► all over the earth, because you rule powerfully MTY and justly.

¹¹The people who live near Zion Hill should be happy! The people in all the cities MTY of Judah should rejoice because you judge people fairly.

¹²You Israeli people should walk around Zion Hill and count the towers there;