Psalms 48

1 A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised, in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.

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

2 Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, is Mount Zion, on the north sides, the city of the great King.

beautiful elevation rejoicing all [the] land: country/planet mountain: mount Zion flank Zaphon town king many

3 God has shown himself in her citadels as a refuge.

God in/on/with citadel: palace her to know to/for high refuge

4 For, behold, the kings assembled themselves, they passed by together.

for behold [the] king to appoint to pass together

5 They saw it, then they were amazed. They were dismayed. They hurried away.

they(masc.) to see: see so to astounded to dismay to hurry

6 Trembling took hold of them there, pain, as of a woman in travail.

trembling to grasp them there agony like/as to beget

7 With the east wind, you break the ships of Tarshish.

in/on/with spirit: breath east to break fleet Tarshish

8 As we have heard, so we have seen, in the city of Yahweh of Armies, in the city of our God. God will establish it forever. (Selah)

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)

9 We have thought about your loving kindness, God, in the middle of your temple.

to resemble God kindness your in/on/with entrails: among temple your

10 As is your name, God, so is your praise to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is full of righteousness.

like/as name your God so praise your upon boundary land: country/planet righteousness to fill right your

11 Let Mount Zion be glad! Let the daughters of Judah rejoice because of your judgments.

to rejoice mountain: mount Zion to rejoice daughter Judah because justice: judgement your

12 Walk about Zion, and go around her. Number its towers.

to turn: surround Zion and to surround her to recount tower her

13 Notice her bulwarks. Consider her palaces, that you may tell it to the next generation.

to set: consider heart your to/for bulwark her to go through citadel: palace her because to recount to/for generation last

14 For this God is our God forever and ever. He will be our guide even to death.

for this God God our forever: enduring and perpetuity he/she/it to lead us upon to die