Berean Standard Bible

Psalms 48

A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

1Great isH1419 the LORDH3068,and greatlyH3966 to be praisedH1984in the cityH5892 of our GodH430,His holyH6944 mountainH2022.2BeautifulH3303 in loftinessH5131,the joyH4885 of allH3605 the earthH776,like the peaksH3411 of ZaphonH6828 1 is MountH2022 ZionH6726,the cityH7151 of the greatH7227 KingH4428.3GodH430 is in her citadelsH759;He has shown Himself to beH3045 a fortressH4869.

4ForH3588 beholdH2009, the kingsH4428 assembledH3259;they all advancedH5674 togetherH3162.5TheyH1992 sawH7200 andH3651 were astoundedH8539;they fledH2648 in terrorH926.6TremblingH7461 seized themH270 thereH8033,anguishH2427 like a woman in laborH3205.7With a windH7307 from the eastH6921You wreckedH7665 the shipsH591 of TarshishH8659.2

8AsH834 we have heardH8085, soH3651 we have seenH7200in the cityH5892 of the LORDH3068 of HostsH6635,in the cityH5892 of our GodH430:GodH430 will establish herH3559 foreverH5704 H5769.SelahH55429WithinH7130 Your templeH1964, O GodH430,we contemplateH1819 Your loving devotionH2617.10Your nameH8034, O GodH430 H3651, like Your praiseH8416,reaches toH5921 the endsH7099 of the earthH776;Your right handH3225 is fullH4390 of righteousnessH6664.11MountH2022 ZionH6726 is gladH8055,the daughtersH1323 3 of JudahH3063 rejoiceH1523,on account ofH4616 Your judgmentsH4941.

12March aroundH5437 ZionH6726, encircle herH5362,countH5608 her towersH4026,13considerH7896 H3820 her rampartsH2430, tourH6448 her citadelsH759,thatH4616 you may tellH5608 the nextH314 generationH1755.14ForH3588 thisH2088 GodH430 is our GodH430 foreverH5769 and everH5703;HeH1931 will be our guideH5090 even tillH5921 deathH4191.4

1. Psalms 48:2 Or in the far north; the most sacred mountain of the Canaanites was Zaphon ↩
2. Psalms 48:7 Or a fleet of trading ships ↩
3. Psalms 48:11 Or the villages ↩
4. Psalms 48:14 Or He will guide us beyond death ↩