Psalms 48
1 song melody to/for son: descendant/people Korah great: large LORD and to boast: praise much in/on/with city God our mountain: mount holiness his
Great is Adonai, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
2 beautiful elevation rejoicing all [the] land: country/planet mountain: mount Zion flank Zaphon town king many
Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is Mount Zion [Mountain ridge, Marking], on the north sides, the city of the great King.
3 God in/on/with citadel: palace her to know to/for high refuge
In its citadels God has revealed himself as a strong defense.
4 for behold [the] king to appoint to pass together
For, behold, the kings assembled themselves, they passed by together.
5 they(masc.) to see: see so to astounded to dismay to hurry
They saw it, then they were amazed. They were dismayed. They hurried away.
6 trembling to grasp them there agony like/as to beget
Trembling took hold of them there, pain, as of a woman in travail.
7 in/on/with spirit: breath east to break fleet Tarshish
With the east wind, you break the ships of Tarshish.
8 like/as as which to hear: hear so to see: see in/on/with city LORD Hosts in/on/with city God our God to establish: establish her till forever: enduring (Selah)
As we have sh'ma ·heard obeyed·, so we have seen, in the city of Adonai Tzva'ot [Yahweh Commander of heaven’s armies], in the city of our God. God will establish it forever. (Selah) ·contemplation with musical interlude·.
9 to resemble God kindness your in/on/with entrails: among temple your
We have thought about your cheshed ·loving-kindness·, God, in the middle of your temple.
10 like/as name your God so praise your upon boundary land: country/planet righteousness to fill right your
As is your name, God, so is your tehilah ·praise song· to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is full of righteousness.
11 to rejoice mountain: mount Zion to rejoice daughter Judah because justice: judgement your
Let Mount Zion [Mountain ridge, Marking] be glad! Let the daughters of Judah [Praised] rejoice, Because of your judgments.
12 to turn: surround Zion and to surround her to recount tower her
Walk about Zion [Mountain ridge, Marking], and go around her. Number its towers.
13 to set: consider heart your to/for bulwark her to go through citadel: palace her because to recount to/for generation last
Mark well her bulwarks. Consider her palaces, that you may tell it to the next generation.
14 for this God God our forever: enduring and perpetuity he/she/it to lead us upon to die
For this God is our God forever and ever. He will be our guide even to death.
