Psalms 48 — AAB

Broken Bondage

A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

48Verse 1Great is the LORD,and greatly to be praisedin the city of our God,His holy mountain.^{Verse 2}Beautiful in loftiness,the joy of all the earth,like the peaks of Zaphon⁺is Mount Zion,the city of the great King.^{Verse 3}God is in her citadels;He has shown Himself to be a fortress.^{Verse 4}For behold, the kings assembled;they all advanced together.^{Verse 5}They saw and were astounded;they fled in terror.^{Verse 6}Trembling seized them there,anguish like a woman in labor.^{Verse 7}With a wind from the eastYou wrecked the ships of Tarshish.^{+Verse 8}As we have heard, so we have seenin the city of the LORD of Hosts,in the city of our God:God will establish her forever.Selah^{Verse 9}Within Your temple, O God,we contemplate Your loving devotion.^{Verse 10}Your name, O God, like Your praise,reaches to the ends of the earth;
Your right hand is full of righteousness.^{Verse 11}Mount Zion is glad,the daughters⁺of Judah rejoice,
on account of Your judgments.^{Verse 12}March around Zion, encircle her,count her towers,^{Verse 13}consider her ramparts, tour her citadels,that you may tell the next generation.^{Verse 14}For this God is our God forever and ever;He will be our guide even till death.⁺