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

For the music director. A psalm of the sons of Korah. The Lord is supreme! He deserves praise in the city of our God on his holy mountain.

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

Mount Zion is high and beautiful, bringing happiness to all the earth; on the northern side is the city of the great King.

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

God himself is in the city's fortresses; he is recognized as its defender.

4 for behold [the] king to appoint to pass together

Look at what happened when foreign kings joined forces and came to attack the city.

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

As soon as they saw it they were astonished and ran away terrified.

6 trembling to grasp them there agony like/as to beget

They shook all over, and were in agonizing pain like a woman giving birth,

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

just as the strong east wind wrecks the ships from 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)

Just as we had heard, but now we have seen the city of the Lord Almighty. This is the city of our God; he makes it secure forever. (Selah)

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

God, we recall your trustworthy love as we worship in the Temple.

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

As is fitting for your reputation, God, praises to you stretch all around the world. What you do is always right!

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

Let the people of Mount Zion be glad; let the people of Judah celebrate because your judgments are always fair!

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

Go and take a look at Zion. Count the towers as you walk around.

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

Inspect the fortifications. Examine the citadels, so you can describe everything to the next generation, telling them:

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

“This is who our God is. He is our God forever and ever. He himself will lead us until the very end.”