Psalms 48

Berean Standard Bible

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Psalm 48 opens by declaring the greatness of the Lord and the beauty of Mount Zion, the city of our God and the great King, where He resides as a fortress within her citadels. The text describes foreign kings assembling and advancing together, but upon seeing the city, they are astounded, seized by trembling, and flee in terror, while an east wind wrecks the ships of Tarshish. The psalm notes that people have witnessed these events in the city of the LORD of Hosts and contemplate God's loving devotion within His temple, while His name and praise reach the ends of the earth. In response, Mount Zion and the daughters of Judah rejoice because of God's judgments. Finally, people are instructed to march around Zion, count her towers, consider her ramparts, and tour her citadels in order to recount these things to the next generation, acknowledging this God as their eternal guide.

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

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